Ted Cruz blocks bill that would extend privacy protections to all Americans

September 30, 2025 Zack Whittaker

The Texas senator blocked a bill that would have prevented data brokers from selling personal data on anyone in the United States, and not just federal lawmakers and government officials.

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Periodic Labs has raised from a tech industry who's who, including Andreessen Horowitz, Nvidia, Elad Gil, J...

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