1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Digital Accountability and Transparency to Advance Privacy Act or the DATA Privacy Act . 2. Definitions (a) In general In this Act: (1) Collect The term collect means taking any operation or set of operations to obtain covered data, including by automated means, including purchasing, leasing, assembling, recording, gathering, acquiring, or procuring. (2) Commission The term Commission means the Federal Trade Commission. (3) Covered data The term covered data — (A) means any information that is— (i) collected, processed, stored, or disclosed by a covered entity; (ii) collected over the internet or other digital network; and (iii) (I) linked to an individual or device associated with an individual; or (II) practicably linkable to an individual or device associated with an individual, including by combination with separate information, by the covered entity or any potential recipient of the data; and (B) does not include data that is— (i) collected, processed, stored, or disclosed solely for the purpose of employment of an individual; or (ii) lawfully made available to the public from Federal, State, or local government records. (4) Covered entity The term covered entity — (A) means any entity that collects, processes, stores, or discloses covered data; and (B) does not include any entity that collects, processes, stores, or discloses covered data relating to fewer than 50,000 individuals and devices during any 12-month period. (5) Disclose The term disclose means taking any action with respect to covered data, including by automated means, to sell, share, provide, or otherwise transfer covered data to another entity, person, or the general public. (6) Privacy enhancing technology The term privacy enhancing technology means any— (A) software solution, technical processes, or other technological means of enhancing the privacy and confidentiality of an individual’s covered data in data or sets of data