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The DELETE Act establishes a federal system allowing people to delete their personal information across all data brokers with a single request. The Federal Trade Commission would create and maintain a centralized online portal where individuals can submit deletion requests at no cost, and data brokers would be required to delete the information and stop collecting new data within 31 days. The bill requires data brokers to register annually with the FTC, disclose their data collection practices, and undergo independent audits every three years to verify compliance, with registered brokers paying an annual subscription fee (capped at 1 percent of system operating costs) to access the deletion database. The FTC has one year from enactment to establish regulations and another year to launch the system, with data brokers having eight months after that to begin checking for deletion requests. Violations would be treated as unfair or deceptive trade practices enforceable by the FTC, and the agency must report to Congress every year for five years on the system's effectiveness and any enforcement actions taken.

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