| Committee/Subcommittee: | Activity: | |
| House Commerce | Referral | |
| Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection | Referral | |
***NONE***
***NONE***
| Rep Baldwin, Tammy - 11/3/1999 | Rep Barcia, James A. - 10/18/1999 |
| Rep Costello, Jerry F. - 9/27/1999 | Rep DeFazio, Peter A. - 10/6/1999 |
| Rep Frost, Martin - 9/21/1999 | Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. - 10/21/1999 |
| Rep McKinney, Cynthia A. - 6/14/2000 | Rep Payne, Donald M. - 6/15/2000 |
| Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. - 6/27/2000 | Rep Thompson, Bennie G. - 10/21/1999 |
Internet Consumer Information Protection Act - Prohibits, with limited exceptions, an interactive computer service from disclosing to a third party any personally identifiable information provided by a subscriber without such subscriber's consent.
Prohibits such service or its employee from knowingly disclosing to a third party any personally identifiable information provided by a subscriber that such service has knowingly falsified.
Requires, at a subscriber's request, such service to: (1) provide the subscriber's personally identifiable information maintained by the service; and (2) permit the subscriber to verify and correct such information. Prohibits the service from charging a fee for such information.
Grants the Federal Trade Commission the authority to: (1) investigate whether a service has been or is engaged in any act or practice prohibited by this Act; and (2) if so, issue a cease and desist order if such service were in violation of specified provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act.
Allows a subscriber aggrieved by a violation of this Act to obtain appropriate relief in a civil action.