US Congress Senate Bill 2961 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-1)
Status: Introduced on December 2 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-12-02 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Pending: Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

Data Care Act of 2019

Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]	Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]	Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto [D-NV]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]
Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. Joe Manchin [D-WV]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]
Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Margaret Hassan [D-NH]
Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]
Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-12-02	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/2961/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s2961/BILLS-116s2961is.pdf