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Amendment broadens privacy protection for public servants, swaps fines for injunctions; lawmakers debate enforceability
Summary
An amendment presented March 21 to a pending data‑privacy bill would broaden coverage to more public servants and commercial entities, require redaction or removal within 15 days and shift enforcement from fines to court injunctions, committee members were told.
An amendment to a pending data‑privacy bill that would expand protections for public servants and change enforcement from fines to court injunctions was presented to the House Commerce & Economic Development Committee on March 21.
The amendment sponsor told the committee the changes ‘‘focus on immediate removal of dangerous information rather than prolonged litigation’’ and ‘‘prioritize compliance, not litigation.’’ The amendment would expand covered persons to include all government lawyers, jurors who served in the last 18 months and members of the General Assembly; it replaces the term “data broker” with “commercial entity” so enforcement applies to any business that publicly discloses sensitive personal information; and it subjects public agencies to the same removal requirements as private entities.
Key elements of the amendment
- Expanded coverage: The amendment adds categories of public servants (government lawyers, recent jurors, legislators) to address risks of…
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