Privacy Protection Updates Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4268 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4268 To amend the Privacy Protection Act of 1980 to update and strengthen protections for newsgathering records, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 26, 2026 Mr. Wyden introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Privacy Protection Act of 1980 to update and strengthen protections for newsgathering records, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Privacy Protection Updates Act''. SEC. 2. EXCLUSIONARY RULE FOR VIOLATIONS. Section 106 of the Privacy Protection Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 2000aa-6) is amended by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following: ``(e)(1) Except in a civil action described in subsection (a), materials describe…