The flashing blue lights atop poles in some Maine parking lots are designed to deter criminals, but some question the balance of safety vs. privacy.
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Maine lawmakers kill 2 bills meant to protect privacy of residents’ online data
The state’s business leaders fiercely opposed the restrictions they said would have limited their ability to target ads to potential customers.
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Maine House backs data privacy bill
The legislation aims to regulate the collection, use, processing, transfer, sale and deletion of non-publicly available personal data. Business groups say the bill would detach Maine’s businesses from the global online marketplace.
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Lawmakers unveil sprawling plan to expand online privacy protections
The compromise bill would give users the right to opt out of certain data practices, including targeted advertising.
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Maine Democrats advance digital privacy bill opposed by businesses
The measure would enact strict limits on when a company can collect, store and analyze consumer information, while creating exemptions for nonprofits, educational institutions and hospitals.
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TikTok is under investigation by FTC over data practices and could face a lawsuit
The investigation is the latest battle the social media company, which is already fighting against a federal bill that could ban the platform in the U.S. if it doesn’t break ties with its Beijing-based parent company.
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Maine regulators might let utilities report surges in power use as way to identify illegal cannabis grows
Versant Power, which calls illegal marijuana operations an ‘escalating problem,’ proposed the change to allow it, CMP and other utilities to disclose confidential customer information to law enforcement when there is ‘good faith belief’ of a crime.
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Mainers need a law to protect their digital privacy, advocates say, but businesses object
A legislative committee held a public hearing Tuesday on proposals to restrict the consumer information that technology companies can collect and sell.
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After Roe ruling, Democrats seek probe of tech companies’ use of personal data
Privacy experts say the ruling could make women vulnerable because their personal data could be used to surveil pregnancies and be shared with police or sold to vigilantes.
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Enforcement of Maine’s strict online privacy law begins without clear strategy
The state’s attorney general said most internet service providers affirm they are complying, but a group of large providers is fighting the law in court.