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  • H.R. 10540, titled the "Health and Location Data Protection Act of 2024," aims to make it illegal for data brokers to sell or share individuals' location and health data without appropriate consent. Exceptions include actions compliant with HIPAA regulations, the publication of newsworthy...

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    The "Health and Location Data Protection Act of 2024" is a rule that says companies can't sell or share people's health and location information without their okay. If they do, they might get in trouble and have to pay a big fine.

  • H.R. 8662, known as the “TSA Commuting Fairness Act,” aims to reduce the commuting burdens faced by employees of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). The bill mandates that the TSA Administrator conduct a feasibility study on considering the time TSA employees...

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    H.R. 8662 wants to help TSA workers by seeing if the time they spend going from their job to their parking spots or bus stops can be counted as work hours, which means studying if this could be fair, useful, or tricky to keep track of.