{"id":266453,"date":"2026-06-07T06:46:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T10:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/07\/state-seeks-stricter-data-privacy-rules\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T07:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T11:00:09","slug":"state-seeks-stricter-data-privacy-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/07\/state-seeks-stricter-data-privacy-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"State seeks stricter data privacy rules"},"content":{"rendered":"

State seeks stricter data privacy rules<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.sentinelandenterprise.com\/2026\/06\/07\/state-seeks-stricter-data-privacy-rules\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-06-07 06:46:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.sentinelandenterprise.com<\/a><\/p>\n

BOSTON \u2014 The House unanimously passed a major data privacy bill that would give consumers new rights and impose restrictions on companies\u2019 use of personal information on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Representatives voted 146-0 in favor of the bill, which would require affirmative consent before sensitive information can be sold or shared, ban the sale of precise geolocation data, create special protections for minors, and authorize enforcement by the attorney general and, in some cases, private individuals.<\/p>\n

The bill\u2019s passage sets the stage for an effort to form a consensus bill with the Senate, which passed its version of the bill (S 2619) by a 40-0 vote in September.<\/p>\n

\u201cData privacy is the underpinning of all future tech bills. We have to do data privacy first,\u201d Advanced Information Technology, the Internet and Cybersecurity Committee Co-chair Rep. Tricia Farley-Bouvier told reporters when asked about where the proposal lands in the larger environment of tech bills, including ones the House has passed regulating artificial intelligence in campaign advertisements and youth social media.<\/p>\n

During floor remarks, Farley-Bouvier framed the bill as the latest chapter in a Massachusetts privacy tradition dating back to Samuel Warren and future U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, who argued in an influential 1890 Harvard Law Review article that Americans have a \u201cright to be let alone.\u201d She said the legislation responds to a modern economy built on the collection and sale of personal data and puts consumers at the center of decisions about how that information is used.<\/p>\n

The bill would apply to companies that control or process personal data on at least 100,000 consumers and includes a carveout designed to shield loyalty programs from some enforcement provisions.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt allows for the AG to take civil action on anybody, but it gives the AG exclusive rights on everybody but the large data holders, so other people privately can have a private right of action against the…<\/p>\n

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