Markey Bows Privacy Bill Granting FTC Rulemaking, Private Right of Action
Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., Friday introduced privacy legislation to provide the FTC rulemaking authority and establishes a private right of action. The Privacy Bill of Rights Act would bar industry from using data to discriminate; require an FTC website and…
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easy-to-read industry notices to inform consumers of privacy rights; and require industry to collect only data it needs to offer services. The legislation “puts discriminatory data uses out of bounds and tells companies that they can only collect the information that is necessary to provide the product or service requested by the consumer,” Markey said. The bill has no co-sponsors.