Central Louisiana News

U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy has reintroduced the DELETE Act to enhance the protection of Americans' online privacy. The DELETE Act proposes the establishment of a system enabling individuals to request data brokers to delete and refrain from collecting their personal data.

"American should have privacy online," said Dr. Cassidy. "Let’s give Americans a solution to ensure their personal data is not tracked, collected, bought or sold by data brokers."

The bill mandates that the Federal Trade Commission create an online platform for submitting a one-time deletion request to all registered data brokers. Current regulations require individuals to contact each data broker separately for privacy protection. The legislation aims to introduce a 'do not track list' to prevent taxpayer data collection.

The bill was co-sponsored by Senators Jon Ossoff, Ben Ray Lujan, and Representative Lori Trahan.

Earlier in the year, Cassidy reintroduced the Children and Teens Online Privacy Protection Act 2.0, aiming to safeguard children's privacy. He also reintroduced the Protecting Military Service Members’ Data Act of 2023 to prevent data brokers from selling military personnel lists to nations like China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea. In 2021, Cassidy demanded transparency from Amazon regarding their biometric data practices.