# 119-s-3570: Data Care Act of 2025

119-s-3570, Data Care Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] (D-HI); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-10).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-3570
- Congress: 119
- Title: Data Care Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-12-18
- Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] (D-HI)
- Cosponsors: 14
- Policy area: Commerce
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-10

## Summary

**Creates federal duties for online service providers to protect end user data through standards of care, loyalty, and confidentiality.** This bill would define "sensitive data" and set rules for breach notices, limits on exploitative uses, and third-party access. - Families and consumers: Would define nine "sensitive data" categories, including Social Security numbers, child personal information under COPPA, financial account data, biometric data, and health information. It would require breach notification for incidents involving sensitive data. - Online service providers: Would impose three duties—duty of care, duty of loyalty, and duty of confidentiality—requiring reasonable security, prohibiting uses that harm or exploit users, and restricting disclosure or sale to third parties who must be bound and audited. Section 3 would apply 180 days after enactment. - States and enforcement: Would let the Federal Trade Commission enforce violations as unfair or deceptive acts and allow state attorneys general and other state officials to sue for civil penalties. Civil penalties would be calculated using the FTC Act maximum adjusted for inflation and the FTC may preempt state civil suits while an FTC action is pending.

## Cosponsors (14)

- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] (D-OR), 2025-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] (D-CT), 2025-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] (D-WI), 2025-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] (I-ME), 2025-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] (I-VT), 2025-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] (D-NJ), 2025-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] (D-IL), 2025-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (D-MN), 2025-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] (D-IL), 2025-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT), 2025-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] (D-MA), 2025-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN), 2026-01-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] (D-CO), 2026-03-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM), 2026-03-20T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- State lawsuits for data violations: benefit, high. This bill would let state attorneys general sue online services on behalf of residents for violations of the duties. For knowing or repeated violations, civil penalties would equal the larger of (days not in compliance) or (number of end users harmed) multiplied by a per-unit amount up to the FTC A…
- Who and what the law covers: benefit, high. This bill would define key terms that decide who and what the law covers. The Federal Trade Commission would be the 'Commission.' An 'end user' and an 'online service provider' would be defined, and 'individual identifying data' would mean data linked or reasonably linkable to a person or their dev…
- New duties for online services: mixed, high. This bill would create three duties for online service providers: care, loyalty, and confidentiality. Care would require reasonable security and, for sensitive data, breach notice rules (with scope the FTC could expand). Loyalty would bar data uses that unfairly benefit a provider and cause materia…

## Related bills

- 119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026
- 119-s-1503: Equality Act
- 119-s-852: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025
- 119-s-2150: Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025
- 119-s-2523: John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-3570 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3570)

## Related
- [119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5066)
- [119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5108)
- [119-s-1503: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1503)
- [119-s-852: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-852)
- [119-s-2150: Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2150)
- [119-s-2523: John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2523)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3570 (as of 2026-09-10).