[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 1707]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            DATA COLLECTION

  (Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, data collection affects 
countless Americans and touches many parts of our lives. Data 
collection is very personal and may include your location, photos, 
messages, and many of the things that make up who we are; yet we lack 
basic rights for data collected on mobile devices.
  This week, I introduced a pair of bills to safeguard consumer 
privacy:
  H.R. 4517, the APPS Act, will bolster consumer privacy by requiring 
app developers to maintain privacy policies, obtain consent from 
consumers before collecting data, and securely maintain the data they 
collect.
  H.R. 4516, the Data Act, would re-create transparency and control for 
consumers over their personal data and provide consumers with the tools 
to correct the record and minimize collection.
  Privacy is an issue that should unite us, not drive us apart. It is 
past time for our laws to reflect this reality through commonsense 
rules for data collection, transparency, and use.

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