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Privacy guardrails can help Vermont businesses, consultant tells committee

Vermont House Committee on Commerce & Economic Development · February 5, 2026
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Debbie Reynolds told the Commerce and Economic Development committee that clear privacy rules and data‑minimization can reduce business risk, preserve trust and enable safer innovation; she cited immediate costs of breaches for small firms.

Debbie Reynolds, founder and chief data privacy officer at Debbie Reynolds Consulting, told the committee that regulation can accelerate innovation by providing guardrails that increase public trust.

"Guardrails accelerate innovation," Reynolds said,…

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