118th Congress Commerce
S. 744: Data Care Act of 2023
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Summary
This bill imposes various duties on online service providers with respect to their handling of individual-identifying data that can be reasonably linked to a specific user.
Specifically, online service providers have a duty to (1) reasonably secure such data from unauthorized access, (2) refrain from using such data in a way that will result in reasonably foreseeable harm to the end user, and (3) not disclose such data to another party unless that party is also bound by the duties established in this bill. The bill authorizes the Federal Trade Commission and specified state officials to take enforcement actions with respect to breaches of such duties.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Tammy Baldwin D-WIOriginal
- Michael Bennet D-COOriginal
- Cory Booker D-NJOriginal
- Catherine Cortez Masto D-NVOriginal
- Richard Durbin D-ILOriginal
- Tammy Duckworth D-ILOriginal
- Mazie Hirono D-HIOriginal
- Martin Heinrich D-NMOriginal
- Margaret Hassan D-NHOriginal
- Amy Klobuchar D-MNOriginal
- Angus King I-MEOriginal
- Ben Luján D-NMOriginal
- Edward Markey D-MAOriginal
- Christopher Murphy D-CTOriginal
- Jeff Merkley D-OROriginal
- Bernard Sanders I-VTOriginal
- Tina Smith D-MNOriginal
- Elizabeth Warren D-MAOriginal
- Peter Welch D-VT
Who scored on this bill
- 1Brian Schatz SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced2 events+6
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History
- Introduced in the Senate by Brian Schatz.
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- Introduced in Senate
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.