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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. 806
To prohibit the collection of data or information generated on the internet.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MARCH 14, 2019
Mr. KENNEDY introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred
to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
A BILL
To prohibit the collection of data or information generated
on the internet.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Own Your Own Data
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Act’’.
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SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION GEN-
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ERATED ON INTERNET.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Each individual owns and has an
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exclusive property right in the data that an individual gen-
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erates on the internet under section 5 of the Federal
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Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 45).
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(b) SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Each social media company
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shall—
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(A) have a prominently and conspicuously
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displayed icon each user may click to obtain a
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copy of the user’s data with any analysis of the
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user’s data performed by the social media com-
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pany;
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(B) have a prominently and conspicuously
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displayed icon each user may click to easily ex-
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port the user’s data with any analysis of the
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user’s data performed by the social media com-
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pany;
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(C) require that each user, during the reg-
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istration of an account, knowingly and willfully
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enter into a licensing agreement—
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(i) that uses plain language that a
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reasonable person of average intelligence
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can understand the first time the person
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reads or hears the licensing agreement;
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(ii) in which the user agrees to license
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the user’s data to the social media com-
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pany; and
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(iii) that is no longer than 500 words,
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using a measure of 6 characters to a word;
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and
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(D) have an icon each user may click to
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cancel immediately the license agreement.
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(2) REGULATIONS.—The Federal Trade Com-
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mission shall promulgate regulations carrying out
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this subsection, which shall be approved by Con-
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gress.
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(c) ENFORCEMENT.—The Federal Trade Commission
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shall enforce the provisions of this Act.
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