Subject: U.S. Chamber Releases Model Privacy Legislation, Urges Congress to Pass a Federal Privacy Law
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Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 15:01:43 -0000

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U.S. Chamber Releases Model Privacy Legislation, Urges Congress to Pass a Federal Privacy Law

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

February 13, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce today released model privacy legislation (https://t.e2ma.net/click/bqzmyd/r2f0ql/377aas) calling for a federal privacy law that would protect consumers and eliminate a confusing patchwork of state laws. The U.S. Chamber worked with nearly 200 organizations of all sizes and sectors to draft the model legislation.

“Technology has changed the way consumers and businesses share and use data, and voluntary standards are no longer enough. New rules of the road are necessary and it is time for Congress to pass a federal privacy law. The Chamber’s model privacy legislation puts consumers in control and ensures businesses can innovate while operating with certainty and providing transparency,” said Tim Day, senior vice president of C_TEC, the Chamber’s Technology Engagement Center. 

Federal privacy legislation should share the same focus as the model legislation released today: transparency, consumer control, and support for innovation.

The model legislation would require businesses to be transparent about how personal information is used by posting a privacy policy that is easily accessible. Businesses would also have to comply with requests from consumers regarding how personal information is being used and shared.

Opt-out and data deletion provisions are a critical part of ensuring consumers have control of how personal information is used. Opt-out rights allow a consumer to direct a business to stop sharing information about them and data deletion allows a consumer to tell a business to delete personal information. Commonsense exceptions to these provisions, such as criminal history, are included in the model legislation. A consumer could not ask a business to stop sharing or delete criminal history information under either of these provisions.

The model legislation would support innovation through regulatory certainty. Businesses would comply with one nationwide privacy framework, as opposed to having to navigate 50 unique state laws. The model legislation would also help strengthen trust between consumers and businesses, which is critical to innovation. Consumers would be comfortable sharing personal information that enables benefits of the data-driven economy.

The FTC would be tasked with enforcing the model legislation and would have the ability to impose civil penalties on businesses that violate transparency, opt-out, or data deletion provisions. While consumers have always been able to file complaints with the FTC, under the model legislation, failing to comply with these provisions would be a violation of the FTC’s unfair or deceptive practices in commerce provisions – commonly known as Section 5 of the FTC Act – that gives the FTC the ability to impose civil penalties.

A one-pager on the model legislation is available here (https://t.e2ma.net/click/bqzmyd/r2f0ql/j08aas), and the text is available here (https://t.e2ma.net/click/bqzmyd/r2f0ql/zs9aas).

Learn more at www.uschamber.com/data-privacy (https://t.e2ma.net/click/bqzmyd/r2f0ql/flabas).

C_TEC promotes the role of technology in our economy and advocates for rational policy solutions that drive economic growth, spur innovation, and create jobs.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the world’s largest business federation representing the interests of more than 3 million businesses of all sizes, sectors, and regions, as well as state and local chambers and industry associations.

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