United States · Bill · S
S. 2961 (116th)
Data Care Act of 2019
Introduced
2 December 2019
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Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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Summary
Data Care Act of 2019 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.
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Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 2 December 2019
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Introduced in Senate · EN · 2 December 2019
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 2 December 2019
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/2961
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/2961