In June 2022, United States House and Senate leaders released a discussion draft of a comprehensive national data security framework called the “American Data Privacy and Protection Act,” the first privacy proposal to gain bipartisan support, according to a press release on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce website.

U.S. Representatives Frank Pallone, Jr., D-N.J. and Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, released the Act, which would:

• Establish a strong national framework to protect consumer data privacy and security;
• Grant broad protections for Americans against the discriminatory use of their data;
• Require covered entities to minimize on the front end, individuals’ data they need to collect, process, and transfer so that the use of consumer data is limited to what is reasonably necessary, proportionate, and limited for specific products and services;
• Require covered entities to comply with loyalty duties with respect to specific practices while ensuring consumers don’t have to pay for privacy;
• Require covered entities to allow consumers to turn off targeted advertisements;
• Provide enhanced data protections for children and minors, including what they might agree to with or without parental approval;
• Establish regulatory parity across the internet ecosystem; and
• Promote...

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