Post #1897651
2026-05-01 19:14 UTC
Librarian.net: Oral testimony for the Vermont data privacy and online surveillance bill
I was invited to give testimony in front of this committee about S.71, An act relating to consumer data privacy and online surveillance. This is what I said
https://www.librarian.net/stax/5856/oral-testimony-for-the-vermont-data-privacy-and-online-surveillance-bill/
Replies (2)
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@dsalo@digipres.club 2026-05-01 20:33
@jessamyn@glammr.us Well done.
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@Ofunniku@mstdn.jp 2026-05-05 04:32
@jessamyn@glammr.us She means well, but fundamentally misunderstands the bill. She praises libraries for defaulting to privacy and requiring consent, but that is opt-in. S.71 is opt-out. Her patron who never changes defaults gets no new protection. The cross-platform aggregation she correctly identifies as harmful (YouTube + Waze + Fitbit building a complete profile) is never addressed by the bill at all. She's testifying against the status quo while endorsing legislation that preserves it.