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Data Care Act of 2021

Introduced: March 23, 2021 Introduced by: Schatz, Brian Democratic · Hawaii See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Mar 23, 2021
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now March 23, 2021

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

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