State Representative Shannon Zimmerman Addresses the Need for Data Privacy Legislation at MMAC Town Hall Event
“Let’s at least get data privacy in place, because if that’s not taken care of it doesn’t really matter because AI is going to use all of that,” he said. Zimmerman emphasized that a Wisconsin data privacy act needs to be rooted in three simple steps. First, an individual should be able to ask data collectors, “What do you have on me?” This would lead to a second question, “Who have you shared it or sold it to?” Lastly, the individual should have the ability to decide whether the data collectors can continue to use the data or if they need to stop and delete the data. Zimmerman acknowledged that for there to be involvement from the federal government, there must be a groundswell on the state level. According to a U.S. State Privacy Legislation Tracker created by the International Association of Privacy Professionals, 18 states have signed data protection laws. There are active bills in nine states.
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