DELETE Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 2612 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2612 To establish a centralized system to allow individuals to request the simultaneous deletion of their personal information across all data brokers, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 2, 2025 Mrs. Trahan introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To establish a centralized system to allow individuals to request the simultaneous deletion of their personal information across all data brokers, 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 ``Data Elimination and Limiting Extensive Tracking and Exchange Act'' or the ``DELETE Act''. SEC. 2. DATA DELETION REQUIREMENTS. (a) Data Broker Annual Registration.-- (1) In general.-- (A) Regulations.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, the Commission shall promulgate regulations to require any data broker to-- (i) not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this section, and annually thereafter, register with the Commission; and (ii) subject to subparagraph (B), provide with such registration certain information, including-- (I) the name and primary physical, email, and uniform resource locator (URL) addresses of the data broker; (II) if the data broker permits an individual to opt out of the data broker's collection or use of personal information, certain sales of such information, or its databases-- (aa) the method for requesting an opt-out; (bb) any limitations on the type of data collection, uses, or sales for which an individual may opt-out; and (cc) whether the da