Consumer Reports writes in respectful opposition to the Rhode Island Data Transparency and Privacy Protection Act (H. 7400). This bill seeks to provide to Rhode Island consumers information about how their data is collected and shared, by requiring businesses to post the categories of information collected about them and the categories of third parties to whom the data is disclosed. However, in its current form it would provide little useful information to consumers, and could be harmful to consumers by failing to reveal the extent to which their data is collected, used, and shared.
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