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Health Data Protection: No Ads, Right to Access and Delete

New rules aim to protect your health data from being used in commercial advertising. You will have the right to see what data is collected about you and to have it deleted. This will increase your control over your privacy online and offline.
Key points
Prohibition on using your health data (e.g., from fitness apps, browsing history) for commercial advertising.
Right to easily access all your health data held by companies.
Right to request deletion of your health data held by companies.
Companies must fulfill your access or deletion requests within 45 days and cannot charge fees.
Violations of these rules can lead to civil lawsuits and compensation for affected individuals.
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Additional Information
Print number: 117_S_4738
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Process start date: 2022-08-02