Consumer Reports and the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) oppose Oklahoma S.B. 546, a comprehensive privacy bill. The bill seeks to provide to Oklahoma consumers the right to know the information companies have collected about them, the right to access, correct, and delete that information, as well as the right to stop the disclosure of certain information to third parties. However, in its current form it would do little to protect Oklahoma consumers’ personal information, or to rein in major tech companies like Google and Facebook.
S.B. 546 would require several strengthening amendments to provide the level of protection that Oklahoma consumers deserve, including:
- Including meaningful data minimization provisions, or at least require companies to honor browser privacy signals as opt outs;
- Strengthening Definition of Sale;
- Removing the pseudonymous data exception;
- Amending non-discrimination provisions;
- Ensuring targeted advertising is adequately covered;
- Removing authentication requirements for opt-outs;
- Strengthening enforcement; and
- Removing entity level carveouts.
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