2270 -- Location Privacy Protection Act of 2015 | Poliscope

Location Privacy Protection Act of 2015

2270

114th Congress

Crime and Law Enforcement

In Committee

Legislative Progress

✓

Introduced

Committee

Floor Vote

Other Chamber

Enacted

Introduced

November 10, 2015

Latest Action

November 10, 2015

Primary Sponsor

Al FrankenDemocratic(MN)

Momentum (last 30 days)

score

0 actions · 0 new cosponsors · 0 votes

Speed vs cohort

0pct

0d open

vs 3,548 other S bills in the 114th — cohort avg 43d

Summary

Location Privacy Protection Act of 2015 This bill amends the federal criminal code to prohibit a covered entity (nongovernmental individual or entity) from knowingly collecting or disclosing to another covered entity geolocation information from an electronic communications device without the consent of the individual using the device. It specifies exceptions, including for collection or disclosure: (1) for the provision of emergency services, or (2) pursuant to a court order or a request by a law enforcement agency. It requires a covered entity that initially collects geolocation information from such a device in a manner that it has reason to believe is imperceptible to the individual using the device, in addition to obtaining consent, to provide clear, prominent, and accurate notice to the individual that such information is being collected. It requires a covered entity that collects the geolocation information of more than 1,000 electronic communications devices in a year to maintain a website that includes: (1) the nature of the information collected; (2) the purposes for which the covered entity collects, uses, and discloses the information; (3) the entities to which the collecting entity discloses geolocation information; and (4) how an individual may electronically revoke consent for the collection and disclosure of such information. The bill authorizes civil actions for violations. The bill prohibits: (1) the unauthorized disclosure of geolocation information in aid of interstate domestic violence or stalking; (2) the fraudulent collection of information obtained by a geolocation information service; and (3) the manufacture, distribution, possession, and advertising of geolocation information intercepting devices. It provides for the forfeiture of such devices. It establishes in the Treasury an Anti-Stalking Fund. DOJ must include as part of each National Crime Victimization Survey, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must include as part of each National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, questions examining the role that new technologies using geolocation information may have in the facilitation of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. The bill requires DOJ to direct the Internet Crime Complaint Center to provide education and awareness information and register complaints regarding the abuse of geolocation information to commit domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or other related crimes. It authorizes the Office on Violence Against Women to make grants to develop and provide training relating to investigating and prosecuting the misuse of geolocation information.

Lobbying filings that explicitly cite this bill (50)

These links require the bill number to appear in the filing's source-reported specific issue text. Client expenses and lobbying-firm income are separate disclosure fields.

Filing registrants (6)

VENABLE LLP (22)BOCKORNY GROUP, INC. (9)WITT O'BRIEN'S, LLC (F/K/A WITT GROUP HOLDINGS, LLC) (1)INTERACTIVE ADVERTISING BUREAU, INC. (5)MUTUAL OF OMAHA (2)NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION (5)

INTERACTIVE ADVERTISING BUREAUclient→VENABLE LLP

2017 · first_quarter · Consumer Issues/Safety/Products

Name	Party	State
Christopher A. Coons	Democratic	DE
Dianne Feinstein	Democratic	CA
Edward J. Markey	Democratic	MA

Location Privacy Protection Act of 2015

Summary

Lobbying filings that explicitly cite this bill (50)

Subjects (23)

Actions (2)

Committees

Text Versions

Cosponsors (6)

Similar Bills (AI)