The AI Accountability and Personal Data Protection Act will:
Ensure robust remedies. The legislation provides for stiff financial penalties, injunctive relief, and protects the ability of individuals to sue in court and join class actions.
Bar AI companies from stealing and training on copyright works. The bill safeguards individuals’ copyrighted materials from being used in AI training or AI-generated content without permission.
Create a federal tort for data misuse. The legislation allows individuals to sue any person or company that appropriates, uses, sells, or exploits their personal data or copyrighted works without clear, affirmative consent.
Provide transparency for creators. The bill requires companies to clearly disclose every third party that will access an individual’s data at the time consent is sought.
Read the full bill here: https://www.hawley.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Hawley-AI-Accountability-and-Personal-Data-Protection-Act.pdf
