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House Bill 6677
116th Congress(2019-2020)
APPS Act of 2020
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in House on May 1, 2020
Overview
Text
Introduced
May 1, 2020
Latest Action
May 1, 2020
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
6677
Congress
116
Policy Area
Commerce
Commerce
Primary focus of measure is business investment, development, regulation; small business; consumer affairs; competition and restrictive trade practices; manufacturing, distribution, retail; marketing; intellectual property. Measures concerning international competitiveness and restrictions on imports and exports may fall under Foreign Trade and International Finance policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Hank Johnson
Georgia
Republican
Steve Chabot
Ohio
House Votes (0)
Senate Votes (0)
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

Application Privacy, Protection, and Security Act of 2020 or the APPS Act of 2020

This bill directs mobile device application developers, before the application collects personal data about the user, to notify the user and obtain the user's consent regarding the terms and conditions governing the collection, use, storage, and sharing of such personal data. Such notice must include (1) the categories of data that will be collected, (2) the categories of purposes for which the data will be used, (3) the categories of third parties with which the data will be shared, and (4) the retention policies with respect to the data. Mobile device application developers also must provide users with a means of withdrawing consent to the collection of such personal data.

Text (1)
Introduced in House
May 1, 2020
Actions (2)
05/01/2020
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
05/01/2020
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:43:02 PM
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