Proposed American Privacy Rights Act seeks to establish a comprehensive national framework for data privacy | White & Case LLP
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Proposed American Privacy Rights Act of 2024 seeks to establish national consumer data privacy rights, govern Artificial Intelligence and automated decision-making, impose additional obligations on high-impact social media companies and large data holders, supersede state privacy laws, and allow private right of action.

What others are saying about the APRA https://www.commerce.senate.gov/2024/4/what-others-are-saying#:~:text=This comprehensive draft legislation sets,right of action for individuals

Compares to EU GDPR rights https://tuta.com/blog/apra-is-americas-gdpr

EFF favorable on bill but say it should go further https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/04/americans-deserve-more-current-american-privacy-rights-act

Some opposition to bill but largely bipartisan https://www.wilmerhale.com/en/insights/blogs/wilmerhale-privacy-and-cybersecurity-law/20240418-new-federal-privacy-bill-draft-hits-congress

Full pdf text of bill https://www.commerce.senate.gov/services/files/E7D2864C-64C3-49D3-BC1E-6AB41DE863F5

  • @djsoren19
    10•23 days ago

    Eh, there’s been a bunch of these attempts that have failed, so I’m not gonna criticize Biden too harshly for not counting his chickens before they’ve hatched. You’re certainly right about the Dems optics issues though, this is the third in a string of huge wins regarding regulation of the tech sector, and it feels like I’ve only seen chatter about it on Lemmy.

    • @[email protected]OPEnglish
      3•23 days ago

      Maybe they keep it quiet to prevent too much industry push-back? Even that doesn’t really make sense, industry is definitely aware of what this bill would mean.

      Maybe they plan on letting it die in committee and are keeping it quiet to prevent consumer awareness of the bill’s existence - it would certainly be a very popular piece of legislation if it was more widely known.

      • @djsoren19
        3•22 days ago

        Well it can’t die in committee, it passed the House. The Senate has shown themselves to be significantly more intelligent and willing to function as a governing body, even if they still have their share of crazies. I wouldn’t be surprised if this moved as quickly as the TikTok ban bill did into law now that it’s passed the biggest hurdle.

        • @[email protected]OPEnglish
          2•22 days ago

          Is that how it works? I assumed the Senate had a situation where bills sometimes don’t get voted on as well. This is good news!

          • @[email protected]
            2•22 days ago

            They did for quite awhile cause of McConnell, the thing is that the MAGA types kinda broke that control. Also some of the MAGA types will probably vot for this bill because they are very erratic.