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IN HB1300
Bill
Status
1/11/2018
Primary Sponsor
Matt Pierce
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AI Summary
HB 1300 Summary
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Requires communications service providers to give Indiana customers clear privacy notices disclosing what customer proprietary information is collected, how it is used, and which entities receive access to it.
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Establishes opt-out and opt-in approval rights for customers, with opt-in required for sensitive information (financial data, health information, geolocation, communications content, browsing history, etc.) and opt-out available for non-sensitive information.
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Mandates providers make simple, easy-to-use mechanisms available for customers to grant, deny, or withdraw privacy approvals at any time through websites, mobile apps, or toll-free numbers.
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Prohibits broadband internet access service (BIAS) providers from conditioning service on waiving privacy rights or terminating service for refusing to waive privacy rights.
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Makes providers doing business in Indiana subject to state data safeguarding and security breach notification requirements, with violations treated as deceptive consumer practices subject to existing penalties under Indiana law; effective July 1, 2018.
Legislative Description
Communications service customer information. Requires a communications service provider (provider) to provide notice to its Indiana customers of its privacy policies. Requires that the provider's notice include specified information about the provider's use and disclosure of customer proprietary information. Sets forth a customer's opt-out and opt-in approval rights for giving consent for a provider to use, disclose, or permit access to the customer's proprietary information. Requires a provider to make available a mechanism for customers to grant, deny, or withdraw opt-out or opt-in approval at any time. Specifies that a provider doing business in Indiana is subject to the: (1)
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications
1/11/2018