Congress is considering bipartisan legislation that would create permanent, uniform national standards for consumer information-sharing among affiliates and non-affiliates. Legislation introduced this week by Rep. Patrick Tiberi, R-OH, and Rep. Ken Lucas, D-KY, would plug a loophole in the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 that allows states to enact tougher privacy laws. It also would make permanent an expiring preemption provision in