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Senate orders Massachusetts Data Privacy Act to third reading after unanimous vote, adopted key protections
Summary
The Massachusetts Senate ordered S.2608, the proposed Massachusetts Data Privacy Act, to a third reading and passed it to be engrossed after adopting several amendments that expand protections for sensitive data, minors and location privacy. The clerk recorded a 40-0 vote in favor.
The Massachusetts Senate ordered S.2608, the Massachusetts Data Privacy Act, to a third reading and passed the bill to be engrossed after a roll-call vote that recorded 40 members in the affirmative and none in the negative.
The bill, presented as Senate No. 2608 and amended on the floor, would create statutory consumer privacy rights — including access, correction, deletion, data-portability and the right to opt out of sales or targeted advertising — and would ban the sale of certain categories of sensitive data. "Who should own your data? You or the companies tracking you?" Senate Majority Leader Cynthia Stone Cream asked the chamber as she urged passage.
The bill includes a data-minimization requirement limiting collection to information reasonably necessary to provide a requested service;…
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