- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsor
- 1
- Latest action
- Apr 2, 2025
What it does
The DELETE Act would require the Federal Trade Commission to create a centralized system allowing individuals to submit a single request to delete their personal information from all registered data brokers hold and stop future collection, with data brokers required to register annually and comply with deletion requests within 31 days of checking the system. The bill mandates that data brokers pay an annual fee (capped at 1% of system operating costs) to access the deletion request database, undergo independent audits every three years, and retain certain information only if required by law or for specific exempted purposes like human subjects research. It also directs the FTC to study the…
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