WASHINGTON, April 7 (Reuters) - Two key U.S. lawmakers

said on Sunday they struck a deal on draft bipartisan data

privacy legislation that would restrict consumer data that

technology companies can collect and give Americans the power to

prevent selling of personal information or compel its deletion.

The agreement between Democratic Senator Maria Cantwell, who

chairs the Commerce Committee, and Representative Cathy McMorris

Rodgers, Republican chair of the House Energy and Commerce

Committee, would give individuals control over use of their

personal information and require disclosure if data has been

transferred to foreign adversaries.

Congress has been debating online privacy protections since

at least 2019 amid concerns about use of data by social media

companies including Meta's Facebook, Alphabet's

Google and ByteDance-owned TikTok, but have been

unable to reach agreement.

In a joint statement, the lawmakers said the plan gives the

Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general broad

authority to oversee consumer privacy issues and establish

"robust enforcement mechanisms to hold violators accountable,

including a private right of action for individuals."

The statement added: "This bipartisan, bicameral draft

legislation is the best opportunity we've had in decades to

establish a national data privacy and security standard that

gives people the right to control their personal information."

It is the culmination of years of effort in both the Senate

and the House of Representatives, the lawmakers said. "It

strikes a meaningful balance on issues that are critical to

moving comprehensive data privacy legislation through Congress."

The measure would allow people to opt out of data processing

if a company changes its privacy policy. It requires

"affirmative express consent before sensitive data can be

transferred to a third party."

Consumers could sue "bad actors who violate their privacy

rights - and recover money for damages when they've been harmed"

and would stop "companies from using people's personal

information to discriminate against them," the statement said.

The bill would require "annual reviews of algorithms to

ensure they do not put individuals, including our youth, at risk

of harm, including discrimination."