SENATE BILL: The 2021 Digital Privacy Act (At Final Vote)

[Blair]

This is a bill that was triggered after reading a bit about the extend of ad tracking on social media (we all know that the moment you look at Levis on your ipad the facebook ad on your phone is bombarding you with ads) and then looking at some of the law changes proposed around this area.

This bill allows you to see what data is being collected on you & also to have the power to ask that your data isn't sold on or used to target adverts online at you- it's an opt out service so if there's an argument about people benefiting from this I'd point to the fact I'm not banning it with this bill, just imposing what I see as common sense consumer protections- the larger issue of digital data rights is basically in my view the wild-west due to the slowness in regulation across the world over the last 30 years.

[Blair]

Apologies not sure how I missed this

[Blair]

How will this bill operate in relation to previous transfers of data, that may or may not have been tracked? Is A an attempt to rectify that and if so, what penalties do you envision the FTC invoking in response to this?

I’d be happy to not include the specifics of penalties.

I’m not actually sure on the second point re previous tracks... as it gets into the issue of retrospective legislation which is always more of a red flag. I saw it as an attempt to stop it happening in the future while allowing people to see what happened with their data in the past.

[Blair]

Wil be looking to move to a final vote shortly unless people have any concerns/changes

[Blair]

Motion for a final vote.

Senators have 24 hours to object.

[Blair]

A final vote is open.

[Blair]

Aye