This bill would bar data brokers from selling or transferring certain sensitive personal data. It is aimed at companies that collect information about people from multiple sources and package it for resale, including highly sensitive details that can expose Americans to fraud, stalking, discrimination, or identity theft. The practical effect would be to limit how this kind of data can move through the commercial data market and give consumers more protection against unwanted downstream sharing.
What This Bill Does
- Prohibits data brokers from selling or transferring certain sensitive data.
- Targets companies that buy, compile, and resell personal information.
- Applies to sensitive categories such as highly personal or revealing data.
- Would restrict downstream sharing of data that can be used for profiling or abuse.
Who This Bill Affects
For most people, this would make it harder for companies to buy and resell their most sensitive personal data, which could reduce unwanted tracking, spam, identity theft risks, and some forms of profiling. If you are someone whose location, health-related, financial, or other sensitive information is routinely collected online, the bill could provide a meaningful privacy benefit by limiting where that data can go.
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- Privacy advocates They argue Americans should not have intimate data traded in opaque markets without meaningful control. Limiting sales and transfers of sensitive information would reduce stalking, identity theft, and invasive tracking.
- Consumers worried about digital surveillance They see data brokerage as a hidden system that profiles people without their knowledge. A ban on sensitive-data transfers would give people more practical protection than notice-only privacy policies.
- Child, health, and safety advocates They argue certain data is especially dangerous when resold, because it can expose vulnerable people to exploitation or harassment. Keeping that information out of the brokerage market could prevent real-world harm.
- Data brokerage and advertising firms They may argue the bill would restrict legitimate commercial uses of data and make it harder to finance free or low-cost digital services. Firms could also say the compliance burden is high and the definitions could be difficult to administer.
- Analytics and marketing businesses They may contend that broad limits on transferring sensitive data could reduce the effectiveness of targeted advertising and business intelligence. That could lower revenue for companies that depend on data-driven marketing models.
- Some technology platforms They may worry that strict transfer limits could interfere with fraud prevention, measurement, or service customization when data flows between vendors. They could also argue that existing privacy rules already address the most harmful uses.
Key Implications
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““prohibit data brokers from selling and transferring certain sensitive data””
This would directly restrict a major source of personal-data commerce. In practice, it means sensitive information would have fewer legal pathways to move from one company to another.
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““certain sensitive data””
The bill focuses on the most privacy-invasive categories of information rather than all data sales. That means ordinary commercial data activity could continue, but the most revealing information would face tighter limits.
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““selling and transferring””
The language reaches beyond a simple sale to broader forms of sharing or handoff. That matters because companies can route data through partners in ways that function like resale even when no traditional sale occurs.
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““data brokers””
The target is a specific class of intermediaries that profit from collecting and packaging information. The practical effect is aimed less at a user’s one-time disclosure and more at the behind-the-scenes market that trades in personal profiles.
Official Source & Bill Facts
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- Bill
- HR 9482
- Congress
- 119th Congress
- Official title
- To prohibit data brokers from selling and transferring certain sensitive data.
- Policy area
- Technology
- Latest action
- Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (June 25, 2026)
- Last updated
- June 26, 2026
Latest Status
June 25, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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