Congress Should Pass the Protecting Data at the Border Act
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> To ensure the digital contents of electronic equipment and online accounts belonging to or in the possession of United States persons entering or exiting the United States are adequately protected at the border, and for other purposes.
50 US Code 1801 defines "United States person" as:
> a citizen of the United States, an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence (as defined in section 1101(a)(20) of title 8), an unincorporated association a substantial number of members of which are citizens of the United States or aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence, or a corporation which is incorporated in the United States, but does not include a corporation or an association which is a foreign power, as defined in subsection (a)(1), (2), or (3).
In short, it looks like this bill only applies to US citizens or lawful alien residents, not travelers.
So I would say it's an improvement.
As a side note, it is so refreshing to have bills that just do one thing and do it well. Incremental improvements are the way forward, and focus is something that should be encouraged for all bills (perhaps even legislated?).
As a counter-example of this bill, take GDPR. GDPR has similarly good intentions related to data privacy, but it is so extensive that it takes an excessive amount of time for a single individual to grok the whole thing, which is generally a bad idea.