Privacy Bill of Rights Act
Latest action · Apr 11, 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 11, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Privacy Bill of Rights Act
This bill requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to establish rules concerning the collection of personal information that are intended to increase consumer privacy. Specifically, entities that collect, use, retain, or share information that could identify a particular individual must
- provide notice about how the personal information will be used;
- obtain express approval to collect and use the personal information and provide the ability to withdraw approval;
- upon request, provide access to, and the ability to correct or delete, retained personal information;
- ensure that depersonalized information is not restored in a way that makes an individual identifiable;
- not deny service based on an individual’s refusal to approve of the collection or use of that person’s information;
- not offer price incentives in exchange for approval of the collection of personal information; and
- not disclose personal information to a third party under a written contract unless the contract prohibits the third party from using the personal information for any reason other than performing the contracted service or from disclosing the personal information to another third party.
The FTC also must limit the sale or disclosure of biometric data and prohibit the use of personal information in a discriminatory manner. Individuals may bring civil claims for alleged violations of these requirements.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 11, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Apr 11, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
- Business records
- Child safety and welfare
- Civil actions and liability
- Commerce
- Computer security and identity theft
- Consumer affairs
- Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
- Government information and archives
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Marketing and advertising
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Right of privacy
- Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
- State and local government operations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 11, 2019Introduced in Senate
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