Create a Data Broker Registry and Improve Consumer Protections
| Category: | Privacy / Data Protection |
|---|---|
| Status: | Defeated |
| Sponsor: | Representative Margaret O'Neil, House 15 |
| Session: | 130 |
| Bill #: | LD 1655 |
Position:
Monitoring.
UPDATE: The committee voted the bill Ought Not to Pass. It is dead.
Summary:
Representative O’Neil of Saco would require data brokers, which are businesses that obtain and sell or license to 3rd parties or allow 3rd parties to access the personal information of a consumer with whom the business does not have a direct relationship, to register with the Secretary of State, to protect a consumer's personal information through various security requirements and to allow a consumer to opt out of allowing the sale or lease of or access to the consumer's personal information.