The Hawaii Office of Consumer Protection, alongside a coalition of 15 state attorneys general and agencies, has come out against the SECURE Data Act, a proposed federal data privacy bill.
The core concern is that the bill would create a federal ceiling on privacy protections, effectively overriding stronger state-level laws already in place. States like California, Connecticut, Illinois, and others argue this moves privacy rights in the wrong direction by giving businesses more discretion over data use, weakening enforcement options, and limiting consumers’ ability to opt out of data sales.
The coalition is calling on Congress to reject the bill and preserve states’ ability to independently legislate on privacy, particularly as new technologies and data practices continue to evolve.
Read the full press release here.
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