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R.I. Becomes 20th State With Privacy Law

Rhode Island’s comprehensive privacy bill will become law without the state's governor’s signature. It will become the 20th state with a privacy law. Gov. Dan McKee (D) sent H-7787 to the secretary of state with no signature earlier this week,…

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meaning it will become law under state rules. H-7787 is based on Connecticut’s privacy law. Industry groups, including TechNet, supported it. The legislature approved the measure earlier this month, despite some consumer privacy advocates saying the bill is too weak, including because it doesn’t require companies to honor browser-based privacy signals as global opt-outs and exempts pseudonymous data (see 2406140017 and 2406120012). Rhode Island’s law will take effect Jan. 1.