HB5454 Summary

• Amends the Personal Information Protection Act to define "social media website" as an internet platform open to the public with more than 75 million subscribers that is not affiliated with any religion or political party.

• Requires social media websites to restore user account access within 24 hours of discovering a security breach and provide notice within 7 days, along with instructions for restoring account integrity.

• Creates a private cause of action allowing users to sue social media websites for violations, with courts authorized to award $1,000 per violation per day in actual damages plus reasonable attorney's fees and costs.

• Requires social media websites to document all security breaches in writing and retain records for 5 years.

• Adds new Section 60 to establish user remedies for social media websites that fail to meet the 24-hour restoration deadline, 7-day notification requirement, or fail to provide account recovery instructions.