What is the official ID of this bill?
The official print number for this legislation is HR 8014.
Online Privacy Act: New Citizen Rights and Data Protection Rules.
This bill gives citizens full control over their online data, allowing them to access, correct, and delete their personal information. It imposes strict penalties on companies for data breaches and bans user tracking without explicit consent. Additionally, maliciously sharing someone's personal data to cause harm (doxxing) becomes a federal crime.
Key points
Right to access, correct, port, and permanently delete personal data held by companies.
Ban on deceptive interfaces (dark patterns) and a requirement for explicit consent for targeted advertising.
Creation of a new Digital Privacy Agency to protect citizens' rights and penalize non-compliant companies.
Criminalization of doxxing – up to 5 years in prison for sharing personal info to threaten or harm someone.
Mandatory notification to citizens within 14 days if their data is compromised in a breach.
Status:
Introduced
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