US Representatives Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) introduced the Online Privacy Act of 2019 (OPA) Tuesday, which would limit the ability of companies to buy and sell consumers’ online data, create new user privacy rights, and establish a new independent agency, the Digital Protection Agency (DPA).
The OPA includes a serious of provisions, such as prohibitions on waivers to compliance requirements and predispute arbitration agreements. It also provides protections for journalistic activities. Under the OPA, entities engaged in journalism would only face new restrictions on their business practices, like providing greater protections for their subscribers, but not on their journalistic activities.
