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HR 5108 IHCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To require certain Internet websites that contain personal information of individual’s to remove such information at the request of such individuals.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

April 22, 2010CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Mr. MCCOTTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and CommerceCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To require certain Internet websites that contain personal information of individual’s to remove such information at the request of such individuals.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘Cyber Privacy Act’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF PERSONAL INFORMATION REQUIRED OF CERTAIN WEBSITES.

(a) In General- Any Internet website that makes available to the public personal information of individuals shall--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) provide, in a clear and conspicuous location on the Internet website, a means for individuals whose personal information it contains to request the removal of such information; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) promptly remove the personal information of any individual who requests its removal.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) Definition of Personal Information- As used in this Act, the term ‘personal information’ means any information about an individual that includes, at minimum, the individual’s name together with either a telephone number of such individual or an address of such individual.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 3. ENFORCEMENT BY THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION.

(a) Unfair or Deceptive Acts or Practices- A violation of this Act shall be treated as an unfair and deceptive act or practice in violation of a regulation under section 18(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 57a(a)(1)(B)) regarding unfair or deceptive acts or practices.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) Powers of Commission- The Federal Trade Commission shall enforce this Act in the same manner, by the same means, and with the same jurisdiction, powers, and duties as though all applicable terms and provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.) were incorporated into and made a part of this Act. Any person who violates such regulations shall be subject to the penalties and entitled to the privileges and immunities provided in that Act.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink