; service of process (1) Venue Any action brought under subsection (a) may be brought in— (A) the district court of the United States that meets applicable requirements relating to venue under section 1391 of title 28, United States Code; or (B) another court of competent jurisdiction. (2) Service of process In an action brought under subsection (a), process may be served in any district in which the defendant— (A) is an inhabitant; or (B) may be found. (f) Actions by other State officials (1) In general In addition to civil actions brought by attorneys general under subsection (a), any other consumer protection officer of a State who is authorized by the State to do so may bring a civil action under subsection (a), subject to the same requirements and limitations that apply under this section to civil actions brought by attorneys general. (2) Savings provision Nothing in this section may be construed to prohibit an authorized official of a State from initiating or continuing any proceeding in a court of the State for a violation of any civil or criminal law of the State. 5. Definitions In this Act: (1) Commission The term Commission means the Federal Trade Commission. (2) Covered data (A) In general Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the term covered data means only the following: (i) Personally identifiable information. (ii) Unique identifier information. (iii) Any information that is collected, used, or stored in connection with personally identifiable information or unique identifier information in a manner that may reasonably be used by the party collecting the information to identify a specific individual. (B) Exception The term covered data does not include the following: (i) Personally identifiable information obtained from public records that is not merged with covered information gathered elsewhere. (ii) Personally identifiable information that is obtained from a forum— (I) where the individual voluntarily shared the information or authorized the information to be shared