Consumer Reports and the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) are requesting amendments to Pennsylvania H.B. 78, a comprehensive privacy bill. The bill seeks to provide to Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania consumers’ personal information, or to rein in major tech companies like Google and Facebook.
H.B. 78 would require several strengthening amendments to provide the level of protection that Pennsylvania consumers deserve, including:
- Including meaningful data minimization provisions;
- Banning the sale of sensitive data;
- Improving the definition of targeted advertising;
- Narrowing the loyalty program exemption;
- Strengthening enforcement; and
- Removing entity level carveouts.
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