Data Care Act of 2023

12/15/2023, 4:06 PM

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.

Congress
118

Number
S - 744

Introduced on
2023-03-09

# Amendments
0

Sponsors
+5

Cosponsors
+5

Variations and Revisions

3/9/2023

Status of Legislation

Bill Introduced
Introduced to House
House to Vote
Introduced to Senate
Senate to Vote

Purpose and Summary

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.

Alternative Names
Official Title as IntroducedA bill to establish duties for online service providers with respect to end user data that such providers collect and use.

Policy Areas
Commerce

Comments

Recent Activity

Latest Summary7/7/2023

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.
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Latest Action3/9/2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.