Establish requirements for websites and other digital platforms to obtain users' consent before collecting or using their data, prevent sites from blocking access when consent is refused, and bar hidden tracking pixels and unauthorized sharing of user information.

David Schweikert · Arizona · Republican

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Occurrences

introduced the User Data Protection Act, legislation that establishes requirements for websites and other digital platforms... Specifically, a website may not (1) use cookies or otherwise collect information about a user without the user’s consent, (2) restrict access to the website if a user declines such consent, (3) use pixel-sized images that are hidden or embedded in a web page that collect data about a user, or (4) share a user’s information with other websites or online businesses.

Schweikert introduced legislation to require consent-based data collection rules for digital platforms and prohibit certain tracking and data-sharing practices.

Schweikert Introduces Legislation to Create Further Safeguards for Digital Platform Accounts  – Congressman Schweikert
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Evidence

Rep. Schweikert’s Innovation & AI page says H.R. 8929, the User Data Protection Act, would prohibit digital platforms from using information about a user unless the user consents, prevent sites from blocking access if consent is refused, and bar hidden pixel tracking and unauthorized sharing of user information.

This is an official statement of the policy he advanced, matching the pledge’s core elements almost exactly. It shows a serious concrete attempt, but not delivery of the policy as law.

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Innovation & AI – Congressman Schweikert
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His legislation page lists H.R. 8929 as a 118th Congress bill titled User Data Protection Act, introduced on 7/2/2024, assigned to House Energy and Commerce, with 0 cosponsors.

The bill was introduced in the same congressional term but appears only as a 2024 introduction on his official site, with no sign of enactment or later progress in the lookback window. That supports an incomplete, non-delivered outcome.

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Legislation – Congressman Schweikert
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Assessments

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Schweikert made a concrete legislative attempt that closely matched the promise by introducing H.R. 8929, the User Data Protection Act, on July 2, 2024. The bill's described provisions tracked the pledge's core elements on opt-in consent, no forced access conditioning, hidden tracking pixels, and limits on sharing user data. But there is no evidence that his bill advanced to enactment, and the available record indicates it remained an introduced House bill in the 118th Congress with no meaningful progress before that Congress ended in January 2025. There is also no clear evidence that Schweikert later secured passage of these provisions through another enacted federal measure. Under the rubric, that is a serious but unsuccessful effort, so the promise was not delivered.

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