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Vermont governor rejects privacy law that would be among strongest in US


The internal policy war over biometric data protection legislation continues to expand and intensify across the United States.

The governor of Vermont says the state’s proposed data protection law is too risky, and has returned H.121, “An act relating to enhancing consumer privacy and the age-appropriate design code,” unsigned. He points to legal costs the state will incur as its Attorney General attempts to make the world’s large oil and gas companies pay financial reparations for damage caused by climate change – a law he allowed to pass without his signature. “Many laws that states have passed over the past few years fall below the standard set by Europe’s Global Data Protection Regulation,” writes Rob Shavell, a privacy advocate and CEO of DeleteMe.

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