Eric Null, Co-Director of the Privacy & Data Project at the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT), gave a testimony at a hearing of the Joint Committee on Advanced Information Technology, the Internet, and Cybersecurity in Massachusetts. The focus was on two major privacy bills: the Massachusetts Consumer Data Privacy Act (H.78) and the Massachusetts Data Privacy Act (H.104/S.29/S.45).
CDT expressed its support for these comprehensive privacy bills, highlighting their potential to introduce meaningful data minimization, enhance civil rights protections, and enforce privacy regulations. Null's testimony aimed to provide context for the inclusion of these protections in state privacy legislation.
"CDT supported these two strong comprehensive privacy bills in Massachusetts, both of which would provide meaningful data minimization, civil rights protections, and enforcement," said Null. His testimony elaborated on why these elements are crucial for a robust privacy law.
For those interested in further details, the full testimony is available for reading.