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Privacy advocates tell Vermont committee stronger enforcement and AI limits are needed in S.71
Summary
Eric Noll of the Center for Democracy & Technology urged the committee to move beyond notice‑and‑consent, add AG rulemaking and civil penalty authority, and consider private right of action and AI safeguards to prevent data repurposing for model training.
Eric Noll, director of the privacy and data program at the Center for Democracy & Technology, told the House Commerce & Economic Development committee that most existing state privacy laws rely on a weak notice‑and‑consent model that leaves individuals overwhelmed and unprotected.
"We need to stop making protecting privacy a purely individual problem," Noll said, arguing companies should bear the burden of justifying data collection. He…
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