Minimum standards for data brokers and data breach notification amendment die in 2024 regular session

March 20,  the Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Committee approved SB213, which would have brought “some form of accountability to data brokers,” said its sponsor, Sen. Arthur Orr, R-Decatur.

The bill would have required consumer data brokers to publicly state certain information; register with the Secretary of State; and protect data using specified security measures. It also set civil and criminal penalties for violations.

Orr said his bill, which would have set “minimal standards for the brokers” was based on a Texas law. The full Senate never considered the bill.

Data breach notification amendment does not advance
HB366 would have amended the Alabama Data Breach Notification Act of 2018 to make it an unlawful trade practice for a business entity not to have reasonable security measures in place at the time of a data breach to protect personal identifying information, precise location and proprietary network information.  The House Judiciary Committee never considered the bill by Rep. Chris Sells, R-Greenville.

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