Contact Congress about H.R. 10540: Health and Location Data Protection Act of 2024

Data brokers would have to stop selling or sharing people’s health and location data in most cases. People, states, and the Federal Trade Commission could sue if brokers break the rule. The FTC would also get new long-term funding.

Modern Action explains what the legislation does, helps you choose whether to support, oppose, or ask for changes, and drafts a message tied to the bill, your stance, and the elected officials who can act on it.

Health and Location Data Protection Act of 2024 is a House bill in Congress.

Who this affects: This bill mainly affects data brokers and companies that buy, sell, trade, or share health or location data. It also affects people whose movements, health care, pregnancy, miscarriage, disability, or other health-related information may be collected and sold. Health care companies covered by federal health privacy rules would still have room to act when they follow those rules. States, the FTC, and private people would gain new ways to bring lawsuits.

Why this matters: Health and location data can reveal private parts of a person’s life, and this bill would sharply limit how data brokers sell or share it. That could reduce the risk that sensitive details about health care, pregnancy, miscarriage, disability, or daily movements are exposed or used in ways people did not expect. It could also change business models that depend on buying or selling this data. The final reach of the bill would depend in part on how the FTC defines covered data.

Key provisions in H.R. 10540

• Data brokers could not sell or share covered health or location data. The ban also covers resale, licensing, trading, transfers, and any other way of making that data available.
• The bill covers data people give directly. It also covers data a broker figures out from other information.
• Health care privacy rules still matter. The bill does not block HIPAA-compliant actions by covered health entities or their business associates.
• Newsworthy public information can still be published. Data can also be shared when a person gives valid permission under a standard tied to federal health privacy rules.
• The Federal Trade Commission must write rules within 180 days after the bill becomes law. Those rules must define “data,” and the FTC may later clarify which data types are covered.

How Modern Action helps you take action on H.R. 10540

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Questions people ask about H.R. 10540

What is H.R. 10540?

Data brokers would have to stop selling or sharing people’s health and location data in most cases. People, states, and the Federal Trade Commission could sue if brokers break the rule. The FTC would also get new long-term funding.

How do I support or oppose H.R. 10540?

Choose support, oppose, or ask for changes on Modern Action. The action flow drafts the message for you and keeps the wording tied to this bill.

Who should I contact about H.R. 10540?

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How does Modern Action help me act on H.R. 10540?

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