US Congress Senate Bill 2342 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on July 30 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-07-30 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Pending: Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Establishes certain requirements for data brokers that obtain personal information about consumers for the sale to other businesses. Specifically, data brokers are prohibited from acquiring such brokered personal information through fraud or for specified illegal purposes, such as fraud, identity theft, or discrimination.Data brokers also must implement safeguards to prevent security breaches that result in the improper disclosure of brokered personal information. Additionally, data brokers must register with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on an annual basis and the FTC must make this registry publicly available.Violations of these requirements are enforceable by the FTC as an unfair or deceptive business practice.

Data Broker List Act of 2019

Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]

Sen. Martha McSally [R-AZ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-07-30	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/2342/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s2342/BILLS-116s2342is.pdf