Prime Sponsor
Cullimore, Kirk A.
Position
M
Status
Senate/ filed
Comments
This bill: defines terms; creates a right for a consumer to know what personal information a business collects, how the business uses the personal information, and whether the business sells the personal information; allows a consumer to require a business to delete personal information with exceptions; allows a consumer to direct a business that sells personal information to stop selling the consumer's personal information; creates a cause of action for the Office of the Attorney General or the consumer to recover damages, attorney fees, and costs from a business if the business fails to disclose personal information collected or sold, to delete personal information upon the consumer's request, or to stop selling a consumer's personal information upon request; prohibits an advertiser or a person initiating an email from sending unauthorized or misleading commercial email from this state or to an email address within this state; creates a cause of action for the Office of the Attorney General, the electronic mail service provider, the recipient of the unsolicited commercial email, and any person that has the person's name, brand, trademark, email address, or domain name used without permission to recover damages related to unauthorized or misleading commercial email; and permits the prevailing party to recover attorney fees and costs in an action related to unauthorized or misleading commercial email. Details »