Vermont starts regulating data brokers, which now have to register in the state, notify about breaches, can be sued if data is misused for e.g. racial profiling (Devin Coldewey/TechCrunch)

Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
Vermont starts regulating data brokers, which now have to register in the state, notify about breaches, can be sued if data is misused for e.g. racial profiling  —  While Facebook and Cambridge Analytica are hogging the spotlight, data brokers that collect your information from hundreds …

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