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S 2290 117th Congress Senate Commerce

Data Broker List Act of 2021

Introduced: June 24, 2021 Introduced by: Peters, Gary C. Democratic · Michigan See on congress.gov
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Jun 24, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Jun 24, 2021
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Data Broker List Act of 2021

This bill establishes requirements for data brokers that obtain personal information about consumers for the sale to other businesses.

Specifically, data brokers are prohibited from (1) acquiring such information by fraud, (2) using such information for a specified prohibited purpose such as fraud or identity theft, or (3) selling such information to a third party that the broker should reasonably know intends to use the information for a specified prohibited purpose.

Data brokers also must implement safeguards to prevent security breaches that result in the improper disclosure of such personal information. Additionally, they must register with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on an annual basis and the FTC must publish the registry.

Violations of these requirements are enforceable by the FTC as unfair or deceptive business practices.

What's happening now June 24, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Jun 24, 2021
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Lummis, Cynthia M.
Wyoming · Jun 24, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2290: Data Broker List Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2290/
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"S. 2290: Data Broker List Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2290/.
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S. 2290, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2290/.
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