{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.scott.senate.gov/media-center/press-releases/senators-scott-cassidy-introduce-legislation-to-protect-employee-privacy/", "Senators Scott, Cassidy Introduce Legislation to Protect Employee\u00a0Privacy", "2025-11-13", "2025", "2025-11", "Republican", "Senate", "SC", "Tim Scott", "S001184", "www.scott.senate.gov", "timscott", "https://www.scott.senate.gov/media-center/press-releases/jsf/jet-engine:press-list", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 U.S. Senators Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, introduced the Worker Privacy Act, legislation designed to protect the right of American workers to privacy and personal autonomy in the workplace. The measure seeks to modernize labor law by establishing clear, common sense limits on how employee contact information is shared with labor unions. This bill ensures that workers, not outside organizations, maintain control over their own personal data.\n\n\u201cAmerican workers deserve the freedom to make their own choices without interference from unions or political interests,\u201d said Senator Scott. \u201cThis legislation protects that freedom by establishing workers\u2019 right to choose which contact information they share with unions and limiting how personal information can be used during representation proceedings. No employee should have to give up their privacy or face political pressure simply for going to work, and this bill restores accountability and respect for individual rights.\u201d\n\n\u201cCongress has not updated labor laws for nearly 100 years, yet the economy and the way we work have changed. We have a responsibility to bring stability to businesses, unions, and workers to make our nation competitive in a 21st-century economy,\u201d said Dr. Cassidy. \u201cI appreciate Senator Scott\u2019s leadership in this effort to protect Americans\u2019 privacy in the workplace and ensure their data is not misused.\u201d\n\nThe measure mirrors the privacy provision included in Sen. Scott\u2019s Employee Rights Act, which affirms workers\u2019 rights to privacy, freedom of choice, and protection from coercion by labor unions. By codifying clear limits on how personal information is handled, the Worker Privacy Act ensures that workers maintain control over their own data while preserving transparency and fairness in union representation.\n\nThe full text of the bill can be found here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.scott.senate.gov/media-center/press-releases/senators-scott-cassidy-introduce-legislation-to-protect-employee-privacy/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6516121104359627, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}