Vermont and Washington state will soon introduce comprehensive privacy bills, while Connecticut will have a bill that would add data minimization rules and make other changes to its 2022 law, legislators told Privacy Daily ahead of sessions starting this month. Also, legislators in Oklahoma and South Carolina prefiled bills last month for the 2025 legislative sessions. Additional privacy bills are expected this year in several other states, said privacy lawyers and consumer advocates in other interviews.
Data Brokers and Delete Acts
Several states are creating data broker registrations and penalizing companies that fail to register or pay annual fees. In addition, multiple states are looking to follow California in passing a Delete Act that gives consumers an easy way to request deletion of their personal data.
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