--- title: "Here Comes the US GDPR: ‘APRA’ — the American Privacy Rights Act" url: https://daily.dev/posts/here-comes-the-us-gdpr-apra-the-american-privacy-rights-act-u5ovrbiat source_url: https://securityboulevard.com/2024/04/apra-us-gdpr-privacy-act-richixbw/ type: article source: "Security Boulevard" published: 2024-04-08T17:07:36.042Z updated: 2024-05-09T08:43:33.910Z tags: ["data-privacy", "big-tech"] reading_time: 5 upvotes: 1 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Here Comes the US GDPR: ‘APRA’ — the American Privacy Rights Act **[Security Boulevard](https://daily.dev/sources/securityboulevard)** · 5 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A draft federal privacy act called the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA) has been proposed, which aims to create the first-ever national data privacy standard. The bill would restrict consumer data collection, give individuals control over their personal information, and establish enforcement mechanisms. However, Big Tech companies have expressed concerns about certain aspects of the bill. The APRA is seen as a significant step towards a U.S. privacy law. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#data-privacy](https://daily.dev/tags/data-privacy), [#big-tech](https://daily.dev/tags/big-tech) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/here-comes-the-us-gdpr-apra-the-american-privacy-rights-act-u5ovrbiat)