LexBlog reports..On April 30th, U.S. Senators from across multiple committees joined together to announce legislation that would protect consumer privacy rights in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS), Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Sen. John Thune (R-SD), Chair of the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet; Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS), Chair of the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance and Data Security; and Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) plan to introduce a bill that would provide individuals with transparency, choice, and control over the collection and use of their personal health, geolocation, and proximity data, while also holding businesses accountable to individuals if those businesses use personal information in response to COVID-19
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