Oregon House Panel Advances Bill to Criminalize Certain Private Data Disclosures
The Oregon House could soon vote on a Senate-passed bill that would create a new crime for unlawfully disclosing private data. The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday voted 6-1 to advance SB-1121, which would add a right to cure to the state’s comprehensive privacy law for public broadcasters.
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“A person commits the offense if they knowingly disclose another person’s personal information without consent, with the intent to stalk, injure, or cause damage to the person’s property, and the disclosure results in stalking, injury, or property damage,” said a Judiciary Committee bill summary.
In addition the bill would add “a provision to the Oregon Consumer Privacy Act (OCPA) that allows a controller that is a noncommercial educational broadcast station to cure a violation within 30 days after receiving notice from the Attorney General if they receive funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting or act as a primary entry point and distribute journalism content without cost to consumers.”