US Congress House Bill 6677 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on May 1 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-05-01 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Pending: House Energy And Commerce Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Directs mobile device application developers, before the application collects personal data about the user, to notify the user and obtain the user's consent regarding the terms and conditions governing the collection, use, storage, and sharing of such personal data. Such notice must include (1) the categories of data that will be collected, (2) the categories of purposes for which the data will be used, (3) the categories of third parties with which the data will be shared, and (4) the retention policies with respect to the data. Mobile device application developers also must provide users with a means of withdrawing consent to the collection of such personal data.

APPS Act of 2020 Application Privacy, Protection, and Security Act of 2020

Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]

Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-05-01	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2020-05-01	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6677/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr6677/BILLS-116hr6677ih.pdf