The TELL Act requires websites and mobile apps that store your personal information in China to be upfront about it. If you use an app or website that keeps your data in China, the company has to clearly tell you that's where your information is being stored. They also have to let you know whether the Chinese Communist Party or Chinese government-owned companies can access that data. The goal is to give people transparency about where their personal information goes and who might be able to see it. The Federal Trade Commission (the government agency that protects consumers) is responsible for making sure companies follow these rules and can penalize those that don't.

TELL Act

Duncan, Jeff

Telling Everyone the Location of data Leaving the U.S. Act or the TELL Act This bill requires any person that maintains a website or that sells or distributes a mobile application that maintains and stores information in China to conspicuously disclose certain information to individuals who download or otherwise use the website or application. The disclosures must specify (1) that such information is stored and maintained in&nbsp;China, and (2) whether the information is accessible by the Chinese Communist Party or a Chinese state-owned entity. The bill also provides for enforcement of these requirements by the Federal Trade Commission.