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Daily Dashboard | Senators Introduce Data Broker Legislation Related reading: A view from Brussels: EDPS sends signal on data transfers 

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Sens. Edward Markey (D-MA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Al Franken (D-MN) have reintroduced legislation requiring “accountability and transparency for data brokers who are collecting and selling personal and sensitive information about consumers.” The Data Broker Accountability and Transparency Act (S 668) would allow consumers “to order the companies to stop using, sharing or selling data about them for marketing purposes,” The Hill reports, and includes provisions for the Federal Trade Commission “to write regulations setting up a centralized website for people to easily understand their rights and get information about the companies.” Consumer Watchdog has endorsed the bill, while the Direct Marketing Association is opposing it.
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