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S.809
Sponsor: Sen Burns, Conrad R.(introduced 4/15/1999)
Latest Major Action: 10/3/2000 Senate committee/subcommittee actions: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Hearings held.
Title: A bill to require the Federal Trade Commission to prescribe regulations to protect the privacy of personal information collected from and about private individuals who are not covered by the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 on the Internet, to provide greater individual control over the collection and use of that information, and for other purposes.
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TITLE(S):  (italics indicate a title for a portion of a bill)
STATUS: (color indicates Senate actions) (Floor Actions/Congressional Record Page References)
4/15/1999:
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
7/27/1999:
Subcommittee on Communications. Hearings held.
10/3/2000:
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Hearings held.
COMMITTEE(S):
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AMENDMENT(S):

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COSPONSORS(2), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Sen Kohl, Herb - 3/2/2000 Sen Wyden, Ron - 4/15/1999

SUMMARY AS OF:
4/15/1999--Introduced.

Online Privacy Protection Act of 1999 - Makes it unlawful for an operator of a Web site or online service to collect, use, or disclose personal information concerning an individual (age 13 and above) in a manner that violates regulations to be prescribed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requiring such operators to protect the confidentiality, security, and integrity of personal information it collects from such individuals, including providing a process for them to consent to or limit the disclosure of such information.

Directs the FTC to provide incentives for efforts of self-regulation by operators to implement appropriate protections for such information.

Authorizes the States to enforce such regulations by bringing actions on behalf of residents, requiring the State attorney general to first notify the FTC of such action. Authorizes the FTC to intervene in any such action.

Provides for enforcement of this Act through the Federal Trade Commission Act.