United States of America: Data protection measures in Adversarial Platform Prevention (APP) Act
Progress
Current status
rejected
03 Jan 2023 rejected
26 Jan 2021 under deliberation
Scope
Implementers
United States of America
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
software provider: other software
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament
Implementation Level
national
Timeline of events
Rejected Adversarial Platform Prevention (APP) Act of 2021 including data protection requirements
On 3 January 2023, the Adversarial Platform Prevention Act of 2021 (APP Act) was rejected after failing to pass before the 117th Congress adjourned.
SourceEvent type
law
Action type
rejection
Government branch
legislature
Government body
parliament
Introduced Adversarial Platform Prevention (APP) Act including data protection requirements
On 26 January 2021, the Adversarial Platform Prevention (APP) Act was introduced in the U.S. Senate. The Act introduces data protection standards for certain foreign software providers in order to operate in the United States. The Act would apply to…
SourceEvent type
law
Action type
introduction
Government branch
legislature
Government body
parliament