American Data Privacy and Protection Act

ADPPA would also have specifically limited transfer and some processing of Social Security numbers, precise geolocation, biometric and genetic data, passwords, browsing history, and physical activity tracking.Individuals would also have had the right to take legal action against organizations in violation of the Act for four years after its execution after first giving their state Attorney General and Federal Trade Commission 60 days' notice to respond.These organizations would have been required to designate a corporate officer for administering data policy, training employees, keeping records, and communicating with the government.[3] The bill was additionally led by House Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers and, in the other legislative chamber, Senator Roger Wicker.[3] Though the bill had bipartisan support as it advanced to the House floor, it faced opposition from California lawmakers, the chair of the Senate Commerce Committee Maria Cantwell, and big tech companies.Although she supported the majority of the provisions in the bill, Kozakiewicz worried that "If the current version of the American Data Privacy and Protection Act had been in place when [she] was held captive, it may have been nearly impossible for law enforcement to find [her] and identify [her] captor as quickly as it did, if at all.
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