Maine advances privacy law amid new immigration data collection concerns

By: Emma Davis

Outlets: Maine Morning Star

Published: February 12, 2026

Words: 646

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 6 days ago

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Maine lawmakers are moving ahead with a plan for a comprehensive data privacy law that would amount to some of the strictest consumer protections in the country.

For the past several years, the Maine Legislature has debated how aggressive the state should be in protecting consumer privacy online. But competing proposals — along with sizable behind-the-scenes influence from lobbyists — have left the state still without a comprehensive policy.

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