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States Tighten Data Privacy Rules
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Executive Summary
Massachusetts and Maine advance state privacy bills to curb data collection, limit sale of sensitive data, and boost enforcement
- Massachusetts passed a data privacy bill in October 2025, with House debate still ongoing
- The Massachusetts bill would limit collection to data reasonably necessary to provide a service
- It would require notice on data collected and shared and ban sale of sensitive and childrens data
- The attorney general would get enforcement authority under the Massachusetts proposal
- Maine lawmakers are considering LD 1822, the Maine Online Data Privacy Act
- Maine's bill keeps enforcement with the attorney general and drops private lawsuits and minimum damages
- Maine's proposal adds a geofencing rule limiting targeted ads near health care facilities
Quick Facts
- What: State laws to limit collection, sale, and use of personal data
- Where: Massachusetts and Maine, with debate in Augusta and Boston
- Why: To curb data harvesting and strengthen consumer privacy protections
- Who: Massachusetts and Maine lawmakers advancing privacy bills
- When: October 2025 and the current legislative session
Coverage Timeline: 42 Days
Featured Article
Maine senators advance data privacy bill in Augusta to regulate non public personal data and consider political group exemption ahead of upcoming votes.
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Massachusetts lawmakers in October 2025 advanced a data privacy act in Massachusetts to limit data collection and empower enforcement.
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In 2026, multiple US states advanced consumer privacy bills including Maine LD 1822, Maryland HB 711, New Hampshire HB 1460, and New Jersey A 3929.
Maine lawmakers consider LD 1822 Maine Online Data Privacy Act in the current session in Maine.