On Tuesday, June 14, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce held a hearing entitled “Protecting America’s Consumers: Bipartisan Legislation to Strengthen Data Privacy and Security.” During the hearing, Members and witnesses discussed: algorithms, discrimination, and protections for marginalized communities; enforcement, including FTC authorities, private right of action, preemption, and State Attorneys General; children and teens’ protections, including actual knowledge vs. constructive knowledge standards, educational technology and students’ data, and opt-out and consent; impacts on small businesses; and data controls, including minimization, sensitive covered data, third party collection and data brokers, compensation, and privacy by design.
