House Commerce to Mark Up Privacy Bill Wednesday
The House Commerce Committee will mark up bipartisan privacy legislation Wednesday at 9:45 a.m. in 2123 Rayburn. The American Data Privacy and Protection Act (HR-8152) passed the House Consumer Protection Subcommittee unanimously. The latest version of the ADPPA is another…
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good step, but the bill needs to be strengthened, said Center for Democracy & Technology CEO Alexandra Reeve Givens: “The private right of action still contains many limitations that will curtail individual enforcement, and the protections against retaliating against people who exercise their privacy choices have some loopholes that should be closed.” Public Knowledge highlighted the bill’s provisions giving the FTC authority to mandate a consumers’ right to opt out of targeted ads and a “do not collect” button, “which would allow individuals to get their data deleted from every data broker that has collected information about them.”