Suzanne Smalley reports:
Senate Democrats introduced a bill on Tuesday that would prohibit data brokers from selling or transferring location and health data and provide the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) with $1 billion for enforcement.
The bill also would give the FTC, state attorneys general and victims of data broker abuses the right to sue brokers for violating the law.
The current Congress ends early next month, so the bill will die if not enacted prior to that. The four sponsors — Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Ron Wyden of Oregon, Sheldon Whitehouse of Ohio and independent Bernie Sanders of Vermont — could reintroduce it in 2025.
Read more at The Record.