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House committee hears bill to ban sale of children’s location data, restrict precise geolocation sales
Summary
Lawmakers and privacy advocates told the House Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection that House Bill 2,008 (dash 2) would bar profiling and selling data for people 16 or younger and restrict sale of precise geolocation data; work session carried over to the committee’s next meeting.
House Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection Chair Sosa opened a public hearing April 3 on House Bill 2,008 (dash 2), a measure that would require the Department of Consumer and Business Services to study consumer protection and would: prohibit processing or profiling of a consumer when the controller has actual knowledge that the consumer is 16 years of age or younger; and prohibit selling the data of a person 16 years of age or younger and the sale of precise geolocation data within a 1,750-foot radius.
The bill’s sponsor, Representative Willie Choetzen, said the narrower dash-2 version focuses on two core aims: “To protect the data of our kids who are 16 years old, and to protect the data of Oregonians’ precise location.” Choetzen said the changes come after…
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