public of information is merely a minor and 
purely ancillary feature of another service, if 
such feature cannot, for objective technical rea-
sons, be used without such other, principal serv-
ice, and the integration of such feature is not 
a means to circumvent the applicability of this 
Act and the regulations issued under this Act. 
Such an ancillary feature may include a feature 
such as the comments section in an online 
newspaper, where it is clear that it is ancillary 
to the main service represented by the publica-
tion of news under the editorial responsibility of 
the publisher. 
(19) OFFICE.—The term ‘‘Office’’ means the 
Office of Independent Research Facilitation estab-
lished under section 10(a). 
(20) PERSONAL HEALTH INFORMATION.—The 
term ‘‘personal health information’’ includes per-
sonal information that— 
(A) relates to the physical or mental health 
or condition of an individual or the provision of 
health care to an individual; 
(B) is processed for the purpose or in the 
course of providing health or wellness services; 
or 
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(C) is derived from the testing or examina-
tion of a body part or bodily substance, includ-
ing from genetic data and biological samples. 
(21) PRECISE GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘precise 
geospatial information’’ means information de-
rived from a consumer device through any tech-
nology that is capable of determining with spec-
ificity the spatial location of a person or device, 
such as latitude-longitude coordinates with an 
accuracy level of below 1,750 feet provided by 
GPS, triangulated location provided by network 
radios or beacons such as Wi-Fi, or other tech-
nologies and inferences. 
(B) 
EXCLUSION.—The 
term 
‘‘precise 
geospatial information’’ does not include infor-
mation that is or will be altered prior to subse-
quent processing such that the physical location 
of an individual or device cannot be determined 
with specificity. 
(22) PROVIDER.—The term ‘‘provider’’ means, 
with respect to a hosting service, covered platform, 
or large covered platform, a person, partnership, or 
corporation over which the Commission has author-
ity pursuant to section 6(a) of the Federal Trade 
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Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 46(a)) that provides 
such service or platform. 
(23) PUBLIC CONTENT.—The term ‘‘public con-
tent’’ means information on a covered platform that 
is available to a potentially unlimited number of 
third parties. Such term does not exclude informa-
tion merely because an individual must log into an 
account in order to see the information. 
(24) RECOGNIZED PLACE.—The term ‘‘recog-
nized place’’ means any of the following: 
(A) Each of the 50 States, the District of 
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 
Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin 
Islands of the United States. 
(B) Each noncontiguous area of Indian 
country (as defined in section 1151 of title 18, 
United States Code). 
(C) A county, municipality, city, town, 
township, village, borough, or similar unit of 
general government that is— 
(i) incorporated pursuant to a State 
law; or 
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