Vermont Senate committee advances data-broker regulation bill with EdTech registry amendment
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Summary
The Senate Economic Development, Housing & General Affairs committee voted on May 27 to advance H.2.11, a bill regulating data brokers and creating an educational-technology registration system overseen by the secretary of state. Committee amendment draft 5.1 narrows some data-broker definitions, makes deletion opt-outs optional, and incorporates an EdTech registry. Members also agreed to seek harmonization with a related bill, S.71.
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members agreed to seek harmonization with S.71
The Senate Economic Development, Housing & General Affairs committee on May 27 voted to report favorably on H.2.11 with committee amendment draft 5.1, advancing a package of changes that regulate data brokers and create an educational-technology registration overseen by the secretary of state
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