Massachusetts House passes data privacy bill allowing consumers to sue data collectors

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The Massachusetts House unanimously passed a data privacy bill that allows consumers to sue large data collectors and requires consent for the sale of sensitive data, according to coverage on bsky. Hacker News reported that the bill also bans the sale of users' precise location data and grants residents new rights to access and delete their data held by big tech companies. Rep. Tricia Farley-Bouvier described the current era as the largest unregulated extraction of information in civilization's history, per bsky. The bills will now be combined and sent to the governor, who is expected to sign it into law, Hacker News noted.

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The Massachusetts House unanimously passed a bill to strengthen data privacy protections, allowing consumers to sue large data collectors and requiring consent for the sale of sensitive data. The bill, a redraft of a Senate-approved version from eight months prior, establishes frameworks to limit data collection and sale, ensures consumer rights to know what data is collected, and provides opt-out options. Rep. Tricia Farley-Bouvier described the current era as the largest unregulated extraction of information in civilization's history.

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Without exaggeration, we are living through the largest unregulated extraction of information in the history of civilization.

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“Without exaggeration, we are living through the largest unregulated extraction of information in the history of civilization,” said Rep. Tricia Farley-Bouvier, of Pittsfield, on the House floor.

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