,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #hjf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #ad1         
#bjai,mr4 ,kennedy introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
  ,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit the collection
 of data or information generated on the
 internet4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,own ,your ,own     
,data ,act4  #b4 ,protection of personal
 information generated on internet  7a7 
,in general ,each individual owns and   
has an exclusive property right in the  
data that an individual generates on the
 internet under section #e of the       
,federal ,trade ,commission ,act 7#ae   
,u4,s4,c4 #de74  7b7 ,social media      
companies  7#a7 ,in general ,each social
 media company shall-- 7,a7 have a      
prominently and conspicuously displayed 
icon each user may click to obtain a    
copy of the user's data with any        
analysis of the user's data performed by

 the social media company2  7,b7 have a 
prominently and conspicuously displayed 
icon each user may click to easily      
export the user's data with any analysis
 of the user's data performed by the    
social media company2  7,c7 require that
 each user1 during the registration of  
an account1 knowingly and willfully     
enter into a licensing agreement--  7i7 
that uses plain language that a         
reasonable person of average            
intelligence can understand the first   
time the person reads or hears the      
licensing agreement2  7ii7 in which the 
user agrees to license the user's data  
to the social media company2 and  7iii7 
that is no longer than #ejj words1 using
 a measure of #f characters to a word2  
and  7,d7 have an icon each user may    
click to cancel immediately the license 
agreement4  7#b7 ,regulations ,the      
,federal ,trade ,commission shall       
promulgate regulations carrying out this
 subsection1 which shall be approved by 
,congress4  7c7 ,enforcement ,the       

,federal ,trade ,commission shall       
enforce the provisions of this ,act4