American Data Dissemination Act of 2019 or the ADD Act This bill requires the Federal Trade Commission to recommend legislative action and propose regulations to impose privacy requirements on providers of internet services. Such regulations shall restrict a provider from disclosing a user's records, provide a user with the right to access and correct records maintained by a provider, establish practices for the collection and maintenance of records, and exempt certain small providers from the regulations' requirements.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Commerce
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresBusiness recordsCongressional oversightConsumer affairsFederal preemptionFederal Trade Commission (FTC)Internet and video servicesInternet, web applications, social mediaRight of privacyState and local government operations
ADD Act
USA116th CongressS-142| Senate
| Updated: 1/16/2019
American Data Dissemination Act of 2019 or the ADD Act This bill requires the Federal Trade Commission to recommend legislative action and propose regulations to impose privacy requirements on providers of internet services. Such regulations shall restrict a provider from disclosing a user's records, provide a user with the right to access and correct records maintained by a provider, establish practices for the collection and maintenance of records, and exempt certain small providers from the regulations' requirements.
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresBusiness recordsCongressional oversightConsumer affairsFederal preemptionFederal Trade Commission (FTC)Internet and video servicesInternet, web applications, social mediaRight of privacyState and local government operations