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2021 SESSION
HB 884 Personal identifying information; safe destruction of records.
Introduced by: Suhas Subramanyam | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Safe destruction of records containing personal identifying information. Requires a commercial entity that is in possession of, or has within its custody or control, records that (i) contain consumers' unencrypted, unredacted personal identifying information and (ii) are no longer needed by the commercial entity to take reasonable steps to destroy, or arrange for the destruction of, the records by shredding, erasing, or otherwise destroying or modifying the personal identifying information in the records to make it unreadable or indecipherable. The measure does not apply to certain financial institutions, health insurance or health care facilities, consumer reporting agencies, or governmental entities. The measure authorizes a consumer who incurs actual damages due to a reckless or intentional violation of these requirements by a commercial entity to bring a civil action.
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HISTORY
- 01/07/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104896D
- 01/07/20 House: Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation
- 01/27/20 House: Continued to 2021 in Communications, Technology and Innovation by voice vote
- 12/04/20 House: Left in Communications, Technology and Innovation