Don’t Sell Kids’ Data Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6292 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6292 To prohibit data brokers from collecting, using, or maintaining the personal data of certain minors, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 25, 2025 Mr. Pallone introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To prohibit data brokers from collecting, using, or maintaining the personal data of certain minors, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Don't Sell Kids' Data Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON DATA BROKERS WITH RESPECT TO THE PERSONAL DATA OF CERTAIN MINORS. (a) Prohibition.-- (1) In general.--An entity acting as a data broker may not carry out the following: (A) Collect, use, or maintain any personal data of an individual the data broker knows is a child or teen. (B) Sell, license, rent, trade, transfer, release, disclose, provide access to, or otherwise make available any personal data of an individual the data broker knows is a child or teen. (2) Exception.--An entity acting as a data broker may collect, use, or maintain only such personal data of an individual that the data broker knows is a child or teen that is necessary to ensure compliance with paragraph (1)(A) or subsection (b) and shall not collect, use, or maintain such personal data for any other purpose than for such compliance. (b) Deletion of Personal Data.-- (1) In general.--An entity acting as a data broker shall-- (A) delete any personal data of an individual the data broker knows is a child or teen that the data broker maintained; and (B) establish a mechanism f