Should the 116th Congress consider a comprehensive federal data protection law, its legislative proposals may involve numerous decision points and legal considerations.

Communications Act of 1934: includes data protection provisions for common carriers, cable operators, and satellite carriers. Computer Fraud and Abuse Act: prohibits the unauthorized …

Oct 12, 2022 · The EU, in particular, has long applied a more wide-ranging data protection regulatory scheme, and its data protection law, the General Data Protection Regulation …

Mar 13, 2023 · Another issue is how and whether the data privacy protections that exist for data sharing should also apply to data collection. The Data Privacy Act of 2023 (H.R. 1165), which …

May 1, 2025 · Issues facing Congress include approaches to data privacy, data localization, regulation of the technology sector, and the impact of foreign digital regulations on the U.S. …

May 23, 2023 · The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been active in addressing data privacy issues and has taken various actions involving AI. The FTC has applied its broad authorities …

Jun 21, 2022 · This bill establishes requirements for how companies, including nonprofits and common carriers, handle personal data, which includes information that identifies or is …

Regulation of Data Brokers: Executive Order 14117 on Preventing Access to Americans’ Sensitive Data by Countries of Concern

Jun 17, 2021 · This bill establishes the Data Protection Agency, an independent agency to regulate specified high-risk data practices and the collection, processing, and sharing of …

Feb 22, 2019 · The French data protection authority—the Commission Nationale de l'informatique et des Libertés (CNIL)—concluded that Google's lack of transparency and failure to obtain …