Vote no on the SECURE Data Act. This bill would gut the privacy protections that 21 states have already enacted and replace them with a weaker federal framework full of loopholes.
The bill fails to recognize universal opt-out mechanisms that more than half of existing state privacy laws require. It allows businesses to cure violations after discovery without punishment. It contains no meaningful data minimization provisions and doesn't prohibit the sale of sensitive personal information. Consumer rights don't even apply to pseudonymous data, which includes the persistent identifiers used throughout online advertising.
The exemptions are staggering. Entire industries like healthcare and finance would be excluded. Companies that don't share data with third parties are completely exempt from access, deletion, and correction rights. The definition of "publicly available information" is so broad it includes any data consumers haven't explicitly restricted from sharing.
In 2018, the California Consumer Privacy Act became a model for comprehensive state privacy laws. Those state laws protect millions of Americans today. The SECURE Data Act would erase that progress. We need stronger federal privacy protections, not preemption that weakens what states have already achieved.
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