Senate Commerce takes up consumer data privacy
The Senate Commerce committee is set to hold a hearing tomorrow on legislative proposals to drastically revamp consumer data privacy laws.
The move comes just days after Senate Democrats released a sweeping proposal, known as the Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act, that would give consumers greater control of their online data, including the right to request that data and have it corrected or deleted. It would also set up a new office in the Federal Trade Commission in charge with protecting consumers’ online privacy rights.
These policies potentially have sweeping implications for genetic testing companies like 23andMe and Ancestry. So much so, in fact, that they set up a lobbying arm earlier this year on this topic. For more on that, check out this story from my colleague Drew Joseph.
The move comes just days after Senate Democrats released a sweeping proposal, known as the Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act, that would give consumers greater control of their online data, including the right to request that data and have it corrected or deleted. It would also set up a new office in the Federal Trade Commission in charge with protecting consumers’ online privacy rights.
These policies potentially have sweeping implications for genetic testing companies like 23andMe and Ancestry. So much so, in fact, that they set up a lobbying arm earlier this year on this topic. For more on that, check out this story from my colleague Drew Joseph.
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