Data Care Act of 2021
- Last Action
- 3/23/2021
Actions
- 2021-03-23Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- 2021-03-23Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2021-03-23 (00)
Data Care Act of 2021
This bill imposes various duties on online service providers with respect to their handling of individual-identifying data that can be reasonably linked to a specific user.
Specifically, online service providers have a duty to (1) reasonably secure such data from unauthorized access, (2) refrain from using such data in a way that will result in reasonably foreseeable harm to the end user, and (3) not disclose such data to another party unless that party is also bound by the duties established in this bill. The bill authorizes the Federal Trade Commission and specified state officials to take enforcement actions with respect to breaches of such duties.
Cosponsors (18)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- Maggie Hassan (D-NH)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Cory Booker (D-NJ)
- Christopher Murphy (D-CT)
- Richard Durbin (D-IL)
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
- Michael Bennet (D-CO)
- Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
- Patty Murray (D-WA)
- Edward Markey (D-MA)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
- Tina Smith (D-MN)
- Joseph Manchin (D-WV)
- Ben Luján (D-NM)
Subjects
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Bank accounts, deposits, capital
- Civil actions and liability
- Consumer affairs
- Digital media
- Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
- Federal preemption
- Health information and medical records
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Licensing and registrations
- Right of privacy
- State and local government operations
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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