Montana lawmakers look at consumer-data proposal

Published March 12, 2013 7:04pm ET



HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A House panel heard a bill Tuesday that would require companies to divulge the personal information they glean from consumers and to which entities they sell the information.

House Bill 572 would give consumers the option to request the personal information an entity has collected about them. Rep. Bryce Bennett, D- Missoula, told the House Business and Labor Committee the data collected by companies belongs to the consumers.

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