Lege Trend. Legislation to Regulate Data BROKERS. 5 Point Legislative Plan.

States can enacted legislation to address Data Broikers by:

• impose a fiduciary duty towards the consumers whose data they harvest and monetize
• establish a government office to assist the victims of data breaches
• compensation for their financial & non-financial injuries 
• require disclosures by data brokers like:
  •  consumer’s “right to know” what personal information a data broker has gathered
  •  how the broker obtained it
  • to whom they sold it
•  require consumer consent for data collection or sale

Electronic Fronteir Foundation | Vermont’s New Data Privacy Law