On April 10, Sens. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., sponsored the Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2019 in the U.S. Senate, with a House of Representatives equivalent sponsored by Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y. "The bill, which is also referred to as S.1108, is influenced by the [EU General Data Protection Regulation and the California Consumer Privacy Act], and directs the Federal Trade Commission to require entities that use, store or share personal information to conduct automated decision system impact assessments and data protection impact assessments," writes Precision Discovery General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Data Privacy Officer Jerry Barbanel, CIPP/E. In this post for Privacy Tracker, Barbanel takes a look at the Accountability Act.
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