New Mexico's Data Privacy Efforts Stall, but There's an Appetite to Pass Legislation

State legislature kills a bill that would've replicated CCPA

New Mexico lawmakers are attempting join a host of other states in following California’s lead on data privacy protections, but the effort still has a long road ahead of it.

In January 2019, Democratic state Sen. Michael Padilla introduced a bill that would have replicated many of the protections included in the California Consumer Privacy Act—namely, a company obligation to provide or delete personal data upon request, a consumer right to opt out of the sale of said information and some legal liability for customer data breaches.

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