New US data privacy bill aims to rein in Big Tech
Silicon Republic April 8, 2024
Draft US legislation would minimise the personal data that companies can collect and let US citizens prevent the transfer or selling of their data.
US politicians are pushing to bring in new data privacy rules to protect civil rights and give people more tools to protect their data.
The draft bill – called the American Privacy Rights Act – aims to set clear data privacy rights for US citizens and put people “in control of their personal data”. It aims to minimise the data that companies can collect to “what companies actually need to provide them products and services”.
The rules would also give people more control of where their personal data goes, by being able to prevent the transfer...