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Committee backs bill to let public servants request data brokers stop sharing personal information; criminal penalties stripped
Summary
House Bill 1822, aimed at shielding certain public servants and their families from disclosure by data brokers, passed out of committee after an amendment removed criminal penalties and extended the compliance window to 20 business days.
The House Judiciary Committee voted to report House Bill 1822, a measure designed to give certain public servants, their staff and family members the right to request that data brokers stop disclosing specified personal information.
Committee counsel summarized the bill as protecting “the personal data of certain public servants, their staff, and family from disclosure of private data disclosure by private data brokers.” Counsel said a “covered person” may…
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