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Oregon: Bill on consumer personal data protection introduced to Oregon Senate

January 12, 2023
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Senate Bill 619, introduced to the Oregon Senate at the request of Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, aims to enhance consumer personal data protections by allowing consumers to access, correct, delete, or opt-out of their personal data processing. The bill mandates controllers to provide clear privacy notices and outlines their duties and prohibitions, while empowering the AG to enforce civil penalties for violations and consumers to seek redress for losses. After amendments, the bill was recommended for passage by the Judiciary Committee and subsequently passed both Houses. It was signed into law by the Governor of Oregon, with an effective date of July 1, 2024, for most entities and July 1, 2025, for non-profits, and includes provisions for universal opt-out preference signals starting January 1, 2026.

At the request of Attorney General ('AG') Ellen Rosenblum, Senate Bill 619 for an An Act relating to protections for the personal data of consumers was introduced, on 9 January 2023, to the Oregon Senate and thereafter referred to the Senate Committee on Judiciary, on 13 January 2023. In particular, the bill, if enacted, introduces provisions to, among other things: permit consumers to obtain confirmation from a controller as to whether it is processing the consumer's personal data, categories of personal data the controller is processing, a list of specific third parties to which the controller has disclosed the consumer's personal data, and a copy of all of consumers' personal data; permi

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