User Data Protection Act
Latest action · Jun 30, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
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.
- IntroducedJun 29, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
User Data Protection Act
This bill establishes requirements for websites and other digital platforms that collect and store information about their users, including information saved to a web browser to track a user over time (i.e., cookies).
Specifically, a website may not (1) use cookies or otherwise collect information about a user without the user's consent, (2) restrict access to the website if a user declines such consent, (3) use pixel-sized images that are hidden or embedded in a web page that collect data about a user (i.e., tracking pixels), or (4) share a user's information with other websites or online businesses.
Further, if a user consents to the collection of information, the website must (1) disclose to the user what the information will be used for, and (2) treat any such information as an exclusive property right owned by the user.
The bill provides for enforcement of these provisions by the Federal Trade Commission, state attorneys general, and private right of action.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 30, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
- Jun 29, 2021Introduced in House
- Jun 29, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 29, 2021Introduced in House
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