Democrats urge consumer product agency halt public health modernization project
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ByChristian Robles,
Technology Reporter, Nextgov/FCW
September 3, 2026 03:09 PM ET
The lawmakers say the project is particularly concerning as the Trump administration has a “broader pattern” of “seeking unprecedented access to Americans’ private data.”
A bicameral group of 12 Democrats wants the Consumer Product Safety Commission to “immediately suspend” a data collection modernization project that seeks to have major U.S. hospitals send emergency room patients’ personally identifiable medical records to a contractor, KONZA Health.
“We have significant concerns about the necessity and legality of this initiative, the adequacy of its privacy protections, and the purposes to which this trove of sensitive data may ultimately be put,” the lawmakers wrote in a Thursday letter sent to CPSC acting Chairman Peter Feldman.
When reached for comment, CPSC said it had not yet received the letter. A KONZA Health spokesperson said...
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