S 1208 · in committee · major
Privacy Act Modernization Act of 2025
- government reform
What this bill does
- This bill strengthens privacy protections for personal data held by federal agencies, expanding coverage to all people in the U.S., not just citizens.
- It affects federal employees, government contractors, and anyone whose data is held by federal agencies.
- It increases penalties for data misuse (up to $250,000 fines and 10 years prison) and takes effect two years after enactment.
Generated by claude-haiku-4-5
Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would expanding privacy protections to all people in the U.S., including non-citizens, change federal agencies' data collection and storage practices?
- 02
What trade-offs might federal agencies face between enforcing stricter privacy rules and their ability to conduct background checks or investigations?
- 03
Would the increased penalties of $250,000 fines and 10-year prison sentences effectively deter federal employee misconduct with personal data compared to current enforcement?
Cosponsor writes these to seed civic discussion — they aren't user posts. Sign in to reply.
Sponsor · D-OR
Ron Wyden
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
3/ 100
Senators cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-03-31
Joining the bill
Legislative timeline
2025-03-31 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
2025-03-31 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
Citizen comments
Sign in to comment on this bill.
No comments yet — be the first.