{"id":11832,"date":"2022-02-10T11:03:47","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T16:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&p=11832"},"modified":"2022-02-10T11:03:48","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T16:03:48","slug":"sens-ossoff-cassidy-introduce-bipartisan-legislation-to-give-americans-control-of-their-online-data","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sens-ossoff-cassidy-introduce-bipartisan-legislation-to-give-americans-control-of-their-online-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Sens. Ossoff & Cassidy Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Give Americans Control of Their Online Data"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sen. Ossoff is working to rein in unauthorized data uses by brokers<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Users will be able to ask hundreds of data brokers to delete their private data at once<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington D.C.<\/strong> \u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA) is working to put Americans back in control of their own data. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, Sen. Ossoff and Sen. Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) introduced the bipartisan Data Elimination and Limiting Extensive Tracking and Exchange<\/em> (DELETE<\/em>) Act<\/em>, legislation that would enable and empower Americans to request that data brokers delete their personal data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Data brokers are companies that collect, use, and sell personal data without a person\u2019s knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The DELETE Act<\/em> would direct the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to create an online tool where Americans can submit a one-time data deletion request to all registered data brokers that hold their personal data. The bill would also create a \u2018do not track list\u2019 to prohibit companies to collect these users\u2019 data in the future. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cData brokers are buying, collecting, and reselling vast amounts of personal information about all of us without our consent. This bipartisan bill is about returning control of our personal data to us, the American people,\u201d Sen. Ossoff said<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPeople expect privacy and their personal information to be protected,\u201d said Dr. Cassidy<\/strong>. \u201cThis bill gives Americans a solution to ensure their personal data is not tracked, collected, bought or sold by data brokers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congresswoman Lori Trahan (D-MA-03) introduced companion legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAmericans across the political spectrum agree that online companies have nearly total control of the data collected on them, and they\u2019re right,\u201d said Rep. Trahan<\/strong>. \u201cOnce our phone number, web history, or even social security number gets added to a data broker\u2019s list, it becomes nearly impossible to get it removed. I\u2019m proud to introduce the bipartisan DELETE Act<\/em> to return power back to consumers by giving each of us the right to have sensitive personal information removed from these lists.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click here<\/a> to read the DELETE Act<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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