rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/letter/house-dataprivacy-june2026?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-letter-area-house-dataprivacy-june2026' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Progressive Mass https://actionnetwork.org/groups/progressive-mass https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/letters/photos/000/449/439/normal/open-uri20260604-364372-opc8je The Massachusetts House of Representatives will be voting on Thursday, June 4, on a data privacy bill. The bill contains some major wins, but also some clear areas for improvement. The good in the bill: strong protections to ban the sale of location data; strong private right of action (i.e., you can sue if your rights are violated)   Areas for Improvement: The data minimization language (i.e., limitations on how much data companies can collect on us) was substantially weakened, and the protections for sensitive data (other than location data) are weak. Join us in supporting the following amendments backed by our allies in the civil liberties, civil rights, and labor advocacy community: #3 to reiterate that use of employer owned devices is a mandatory subject of collective bargaining, filed be Rep. Field #7 to restrict employer ability to disclose employee data without express employee consent, filed by Rep. Montaño #8 to limit the transfer of employee data outside of operationally necessary reasons, filed by Rep. Montaño #10 to ban surveillance pricing for groceries, filed by Rep. Sabadosa #13 to strengthen the definition of “affirmative consent,” filed by Rep. Sabadosa #16 to fix the data minimization language, filed by Rep. Decker #21 to strengthen the private right of action, filed by Rep. Cataldo #33 to clarify the definition of “transfer,” filed by Rep. Rogers #36 to protect LGBTQ youth data, filed by Rep. Montaño #38 to strengthen the data minimization language, filed by Rep. Kilcoyne #40 to strengthen the data minimization language, filed by Rep. Owens Join us in opposing the following amendments: #11, which weakens privacy notification, filed by Rep. Phillips #15, which creates a wholesale exemption to the bill for banks and financial institutions, filed by Rep. Chris Markey #17, which creates a wholesale exemption for insurers, filed by Rep. Biele #18, which eliminates the private right of action, filed by Rep. Biele #19, which creates an exemption to the Location Shield Act for “mobility” data, filed by Rep. Kilcoyne #20, which creates a loophole in the non-discrimination protections, filed by Rep. Cusack https://actionnetwork.org/letters/house-dataprivacy-june2026