Cybersecurity Policy Report, Bill Would Require Tennessee AG to Help People Delete Data, (Jan 12, 2024)
A bill introduced in the Tennessee state Senate would require the Consumer Protection Division of the Office of the Attorney General to create and maintain a website and accessible deletion mechanism that a consumer could use to make a single deletion request that would be binding on all data controllers operating in the state and registered with the division.
According to SB 1658, the division would have until July 1, 2025, to create a webpage that includes the accessible deletion mechanism in a “conspicuous location” and contains information about how a consumer could use the accessible deletion mechanism, including the process for submitting a deletion request and examples of the types of information that may be deleted.
The bill also would require all data controllers operating in the state to register with the consumer protection division annually. In registering with the division, the bill would require a controller to pay a registration fee in an amount that didn’t exceed the division’s “reasonable costs of establishing, maintaining, and providing a webpage on the division’s website that contains the accessible deletion mechanism.”
The bill is sponsored by Sen. Heidi Campbell (D.).
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