Reps Allen and Kaptur Introduce the TELL Act

Reps Rick Allen (R-GA-12) and Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9) introduced the Telling Everyone the Location of Data Leaving the U.S. Act (TELL Act) to protect American data from the Chinese Communist Party. The TELL Act would enable the Federal Trade Commission to endorse rules that would make it easier for Americans to know if China has compromised their data and if it is being stored, transferred, or exposed to China or companies owned by the Chinese Communist Party. Under this legislation, failing to disclose this information or providing false information will result in civil fines from the FTC.