Massachusetts House to Vote on Data Privacy Bill; Advocacy Groups Push for Stronger Amendments
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Crusty in the right places. Worth the chew.
Summary
The Massachusetts House of Representatives is voting on a data privacy bill that includes strong protections for location data and a private right of action, but has weakened data minimization language and weak protections for sensitive data. The article calls for supporting specific amendments backed by civil liberties, civil rights, and labor advocacy groups, while opposing amendments that would weaken privacy protections, create exemptions for banks and insurers, or eliminate the private right of action.
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The good in the bill: strong protections to ban the sale of location data; strong private right of action (i.e., you can sue if your rights are violated)
The data minimization language (i.e., limitations on how much data companies can collect on us) was substantially weakened, and the protections for sensitive data (other than location data) are weak.
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