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Sec. 5 · S. 5007

Data sharing requirements

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(a) Search index access Each covered platform shall provide qualified competitors with non-discriminatory access to the search index and associated ranking signals of the covered platform. (b) User-Side data access Each covered platform shall provide qualified competitors with nondiscriminatory access to user-side data, with privacy safeguards in accordance with subsection (e). (c) Ads data access Each covered platform shall provide qualified competitors with non-discriminatory access to all data used to select, rank, and place search ads. (d) Prohibition on conditioning access A covered platform shall not condition a publisher's inclusion, ranking, or participation in any core service, such as search indexing, on the publisher’s consent to the use of their content for separate services, including ad targeting or the training of generative AI products. (e) Data sharing mechanisms Each covered platform shall provide data to qualified competitors as follows: (1) Access to data shall be provided at marginal cost via an application programming interface in a machine-readable format and updated not less frequently than once per week. (2) Data shall be filtered to remove individuals' personally identifying information, including— (A) addresses, social security numbers, credit card numbers, phone numbers, email addresses; and (B) metadata attributes that are not generalized, including any location data at a ZIP Code level. (3) Qualified competitors shall agree to contractual protections and restrictions prohibiting re-identification and limiting unrestricted onward transfers of data. (f) Exception If the majority of the monthly active users of a covered platform come from any platform, service, device, browser, or operating system not exclusively owned, operated, or controlled by the covered platform, the data sharing obligations under subsections (a) through (e) do not apply.

Sec. 5: Data sharing requirements · Public Law Tracker