Privacy

Contingent Support of Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act

Consumer advocacy organizations wrote their support for Delaware. H.B. 154 which would extend to Delaware consumers important new protections, including the right to know the information companies have collected about them, the right to access, correct, and delete that information, as well as the ability to require businesses to honor authorized agents’ browser privacy signals as an opt out of sale and targeted advertising. Despite H.B. 154’s thoughtful approach to opt-outs, the legislation contains significant loopholes that would hinder its overall effectiveness. The organizations offer several suggestions to strengthen the bill to provide the level of protection that Delaware consumers deserve.