3.0.0 2728 2023-01-11T13:39:40Z 2023-01-11T13:39:40Z Senate S 2018-04-23 115 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-04-23T21:40:51Z 2018-04-23 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2018-04-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN N K000393 Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA] John Kennedy R LA Neely 2018-04-23 True Commerce Administrative remedies Civil actions and liability Consumer affairs Contracts and agency Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Right of privacy Science, Technology, Communications Commerce 00 2018-04-23 Introduced in Senate 2019-02-05T17:27:42Z Social Media Privacy Protection and Consumer Rights Act of 2018

This bill requires online platform operators to inform a user, prior to a user creating an account or otherwise using the platform, that the user's personal data produced during online behavior will be collected and used by the operator and third parties. The operator must provide a user the option to specify privacy preferences, and an operator may deny certain services or complete access to a user if the user's privacy elections create inoperability in the platform.

The operator must: (1) offer a user a copy of the personal data of the user that the operator has processed, free of charge, and in an electronic format; and (2) notify a user within 72 hours of becoming aware that the user's data has been transmitted in violation of the security platform.

A violation of the bill's privacy requirements shall be considered an unfair or deceptive act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) may enforce this bill against common carriers regulated by the Federal Communications Commission under the Communications Act of 1934 and nonprofit organizations. (Currently, common carriers regulated under that Act are exempt from the FTC's enforcement authority, and nonprofit organizations are subject to FTC enforcement only if they provide substantial economic benefit to their for-profit members.)

A state may bring a civil action in federal court regarding such violations.

]]> Social Media Privacy Protection and Consumer Rights Act of 2018 Display Title Social Media Privacy Protection and Consumer Rights Act of 2018 Official Title as Introduced A bill to protect the privacy of users of social media and other online platforms. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Social Media Privacy Protection and Consumer Rights Act of 2018 Introduced in Senate 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2728is/xml/BILLS-115s2728is.xml 2018-04-23 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.