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S 744 118th Congress Senate Commerce

Data Care Act of 2023

Introduced: March 9, 2023 Introduced by: Schatz, Brian Democratic · Hawaii See on congress.gov
This bill died when the 118th Congress ended
It never became law before the 118th Congress (2023–2024) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Mar 9, 2023
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Data Care Act of 2023

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 9, 2023

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

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 744: Data Care Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-744/
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"S. 744: Data Care Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-744/.
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S. 744, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-744/.
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