Protecting Americans from Doxing and Political Violence Act

This bill lets Members of Congress, former Members, their family and household members, and designated congressional staff ask federal agencies to keep personal information private. Covered information includes home addresses, personal phone numbers and emails, Social Security and bank numbers, children's schools, travel routes, and precise location data. Agencies would have to remove this information from public content within 72 hours of a request, and businesses would have to remove it from the internet within 72 hours of a written request and stop transferring it. The bill also makes it unlawful for data brokers to knowingly sell, license, trade, or buy this type of information about any person in the United States or any U.S. person. It includes exceptions for news reporting and matters of public concern, and allows the U.S. Attorney General, state attorneys general, and affected individuals to sue for court orders to enforce it.

Full text and official record on Congress.gov

Sponsors

• Ron Wyden Democrat sponsor
• 0 cosponsors