Sen Cortez Masto Introduces Bills to Protect Americans' Data Online

Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) reintroduced three bills to strengthen data privacy protections and safeguard Americans’ personal information. The U.S. currently has no comprehensive data privacy laws and with the rise of AI and other technologies, consumers are vulnerable to fraud, security breaches, and predatory behavior online. 

• The DATA Privacy Act strengthens protections for American consumers online while ensuring large corporations implement data security and privacy protections.
• The bipartisan Promoting Digital Privacy Technologies Act with Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) would require the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support research into privacy enhancing technologies (PET), which help protect personal consumer data. The bill also requires the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to work with academic, public, and private sectors to establish standards for the integration of PET into business and government.
• The Internet App ID Act would improve Americans’ digital security by requiring operators of internet websites and mobile applications to disclose if the applications being used by consumers have been developed or store data within China, or are under the control of the Chinese Communist Party.