S. 2961 · 116th Congress
Data Care Act of 2019
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SchatzSponsor16 cosponsors · 15 D, 1 I
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Brown
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Baldwin
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Bennet
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Booker
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Cortez Masto
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Durbin
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Duckworth
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Heinrich
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Hassan
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Klobuchar
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Markey
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Murray
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Murphy
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Manchin
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Sanders
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Merkley15 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
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.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Dec 2, 2019
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.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Data Care Act of 2019
Latest action (Dec 2, 2019): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Policy area: Commerce · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Dec 2, 2019
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.