Lawmakers in states with consumer data privacy laws want to expand them through proposals that would apply requirements to more entities, such as financial institutions and nonprofits, and additional types of personal information.
Bills in Connecticut, Iowa, Montana, and elsewhere reflect a push by legislators to strengthen the first wave of broad privacy provisions enacted by states in recent years.
Twenty state laws give consumers more control over the data companies collect and allow them to limit certain uses of their information. States have acted on privacy in the absence of a federal standard.
Consumer organizations want lawmakers to boost ...