S. 2290 · 117th Congress
Data Broker List Act of 2021
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Data Broker List Act of 20 21 This bill establishes requirements for data brokers that obtain personal information about consumers for the sale to other businesses.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Jun 24, 2021
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.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Data Broker List Act of 2021
Latest action (Jun 24, 2021): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Policy area: Commerce · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Jun 24, 2021
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.