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Bill to declare cloud‑stored digital assets personally owned draws technical and legal testimony
Summary
Sponsors argued HB 14 36 would treat personal data saved with third‑party providers as bailments and strengthen Fourth Amendment protections; witnesses described a Coinbase/IRS data seizure and urged the committee to consider a state‑level property presumption for digital files.
CONCORD, N.H. — Lawmakers considered HB 14 36, a proposal to recognize personal ownership of digital assets stored with third‑party providers and to require warrants for government access.
Representative James Spillane told the committee the bill would update the law for modern data storage by treating unpublished personal digital files as a bailment, preserving owners’ privacy…
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