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Approved vendor

A private company or organization that offers digital storage and analytical services, including cloud storage, and is hired by a law enforcement agency to store digital child sexual abuse material and child obscenity.

Child pornography / child obscenity

Terms defined under existing federal law (18 U.S.C. 2256(8) and 34 U.S.C. 21101(2)) referring to illegal images or videos depicting sexual abuse of children.

Covered agency

Any federal, state, or local law enforcement or prosecutorial agency in the United States.

Limited liability

A legal protection that restricts how much a party can be held responsible for legal claims or damages. In this bill, it means approved vendors are generally protected from lawsuits or criminal charges for their storage services, unless they act with misconduct or negligence.

NIST Cybersecurity Framework

A set of guidelines and best practices developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology to help organizations improve their cybersecurity risk management.

End-to-end encryption

A security method that protects data during transfer and storage by scrambling it so that only the sender and intended recipient (or authorized system) can read it, preventing unauthorized access.