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Attorney General’s office backs H.342 privacy bill, urges dual enforcement and $10,000 penalty cap
Summary
The Bramale House Committee on Commerce & Economic Development heard testimony Feb. 27 from the Attorney General's office that it supports H.342 and committee draft 2.2, while urging preservation of the AG's independent enforcement authority and use of a $10,000-per-violation civil-penalty ceiling.
The Bramale House Committee on Commerce & Economic Development heard testimony Feb. 27 from the Attorney General's office that it supports the goals of H.342 and the committee's draft 2.2 while urging specific drafting clarifications.
"The attorney general supports the goals of s 3 42, and we are comfortable with draft 2.2," said Todd Delos, a representative of the Attorney General's Office. Delos said the office supports a private right of action and asked the committee to preserve the AG's separate enforcement authority so both an individual and the AG can pursue remedies concurrently.
Committee members and the AG's representative discussed several technical provisions in draft 2.2, including the cross-reference to Chapter 63 of Title IX (the Consumer Protection Act), the AG's rulemaking and investigatory authority under the bill's proposed section C1(b), and…
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