Nebraska residents will have more control over the personal information businesses collect on them under a consumer privacy law signed Wednesday by Gov. Jim Pillen (R).
The requirements (L.B. 1074), which take effect Jan. 1, 2025, add to a growing patchwork of state privacy laws. Sixteen other states have enacted laws that generally give consumers the right to know what data a company collects.
A proposal in Congress would replace the state patchwork with federal privacy protections, though previous measures have stalled over preemption concerns among other issues.
The Nebraska law will apply to companies that do business ...