3.0.0 2312 2023-01-15T04:48:32Z 2023-01-15T04:48:32Z Senate S S 2004-04-08 108 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2004-04-08T20:10:39Z 2004-04-08 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2004-04-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R N D000596 Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN] MARK DAYTON D MN 2004-04-08 True Commerce Administrative procedure Affiliated corporations Business records Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Consumer protection Damages Department of Health and Human Services Europe European Union Federal Trade Commission Finance and Financial Sector Financial statements Fines (Penalties) Foreign Trade and International Finance Foreign corporations Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Health Health care industry Identification devices Independent regulatory commissions International Affairs Law Liability (Law) Medical records Names Right of privacy Social Welfare Social security numbers Subcontractors Commerce 00 2004-04-08 Introduced in Senate 2004-06-16T22:18:08Z SAFE-ID Act - Authorizes a business to transmit personally identifiable information regarding a U.S. citizen to any foreign affiliate or subcontractor located in a country certified by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) as having adequate privacy protection for such information. Prohibits such business from transmitting such information to an affiliate or subcontractor in a country without such privacy protection unless: (1) the business discloses to the citizen that the country does not have such privacy protection; (2) the business obtains the citizen's consent to transmit such information; and (3) the consent is renewed by the citizen within one year before the information is transmitted. Provides liability for businesses improperly transmitting such information.

Makes any business or organization that collects or retains personally identifiable health care information about consumers (health care business) liable for any damages caused by improper storage, duplication, sharing, or other misuse of such information by the health care business or any foreign affiliate or subcontractor that received such information. Prohibits a health care business from terminating an existing relationship with a consumer of health care services in order to avoid the consent requirement.

Directs the FTC to certify, and make a list of, those countries that have legal systems that provide adequate privacy protection for such information.

]]> SAFE-ID Act Display Title SAFE-ID Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to regulate the transmission of personally identifiable information to foreign affiliates and subcontractors. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced SAFE-ID Act Introduced in Senate 2004-04-08T04:00:00Z 2004-04-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.