Senators push bill to guard Americans' data after Facebook, Equifax scandals

Two senators have crossed party lines to push a bill that would improve safeguards for Americans’ personal data after months of congressional scrutiny over the practices of businesses from credit bureau Equifax to social media giant Facebook.

The Social Media Privacy and Consumer Rights Act from Sens. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and John Kennedy, R-La., would give consumers the right to disable data-tracking and collection, require terms of service to be written in plain language, and mandate that users be informed of data breaches within three days.