Rep. Duncan (R-SC) Re-introduces TELL Act to Protect American Data from the Chinese Communist Party

Congressman Jeff Duncan (R-SC) and Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) introduced H.R. 742, the TELL Act (Telling Everyone the Location of Data Leaving the US Act), to protect American data from the Chinese Communist Party. This legislation allows the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to endorse rules that allow Americans to know if their data has been compromised by China and if it is being stored, transferred, or exposed to China or companies owned by the Chinese Communist Party. Failing to disclose this information or providing false information will result in civil fines from the FTC. Congressman Duncan previously introduced this legislation as H.R. 3991 in 2021. In particular, the bill is to require any person that maintains an internet website or that sells or distributes a mobile application that maintains and stores the information collected from such website or application in China to disclose that such information is stored and maintained in the People’s Republic of China and whether the Chinese Communist Party or a Chinese state-owned entity has access to such information.