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Despite being called the Consumer Rights Wiki, we have surprisingly few pages on consumer rights laws... Let's change that!

The purpose of this project page is to organise the creation of articles about consumer-relevant laws from around the world. It's been started off with a few red links as well as the articles and countries we already have, but please do go ahead an add in more. Laws discussed by the wiki do not have to be explicitly consumer-rights focused, so things like laws focusing on how consumer products can be prepared (e.g. food standards laws) can be included.

There are two types of pages that we want to create here. The first are pages about existing laws that are in force, and the second are laws which are either current proposals, or past proposals that failed to become law and have since been dropped.
==Guidance for page creation==
The kinds of details which would be useful to have on a page about a law include (but are not limited to):
* The date the law was enacted
* The date from which enforcement began (if different from the enactment date)
* What the law aims to achieve
* A summary of the key provisions and requirements
* The debate and controversy surrounding its enactment
* Any notable amendments since the original enactment
* Retrospective assessments of how effective the law has been in practice (cited)
* Relevant enforcement bodies or agencies responsible for the law
* Notable enforcement actions or court cases related to the law

To help keep things sane for readers, any page about a proposed or failed law should include some term like 'draft' or 'proposed' in the page name to make it clear to readers that the law described within is not active.

At the moment, we do not have a specific page template or any metadata collection for pages about laws. The only real rules are that they need to follow all the standard wiki guidelines, as well as be included in the relevant category (e.g. laws of the United Kingdom) so that readers can find them. One of the big things here is that article writers should not attempt to interpret the laws themselves, and instead should rely on citations to back up any statements about what the laws mean in practice. If you find or create a format you really like and you think could be generally applicable to pages about laws, feel free to propose that it be made into the default.

If you spot any articles about laws already on the wiki but which haven't been included on this page, please add them in!

==Active laws==
{| class="wikitable"
! Country/Region !! State/Province !! Law
|-
| rowspan="6" | United States
| rowspan="3" | —
| [[Digital Millennium Copyright Act]]
|-
| [[Uniform Commercial Code]]
|-
| [[Magnuson–Moss Warranty Act]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | Colorado
| [[Colorado law 'Consumer Right To Repair Powered Wheelchairs']]
|-
| [[The Consumer Right to Repair Digital Electronics Equipment Act (Colorado)|The Consumer Right to Repair Digital Electronics Equipment Act]]
|-
| Texas
| [[Texas Data Privacy and Security Act]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | United Kingdom
| rowspan="2" | —
| [[UK Online Safety Act]]
|-
| [[Consumer Rights Act 2015]]
|-
| [[European Union]]
| —
| {{Main|European Union#Consumer rights legislation}}
|-
| Brazil
| —
| [[Consumer_Defense_Code]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | Chile
| rowspan="2" | —
| [[Phone Number Prefix Normative]]
|-
| [[Personal Data Protection Law]]
|-
| Malaysia
| —
| [[Malaysia_Online_Safety_Act_2025_(ONSA)]]
|-
| South Korea
| —
| [[Personal Information Protection Act]]
|-
| Australia
| —
| [[Australia Competition and Consumer Act 2010]]
|-
| New Zealand
| —
| [[Aotearoa/New Zealand consumer law]]
|}

===Data Protection===
From [[:Category:Legislation in Europe]]
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+ style="white-space:nowrap; padding:5px;" |Legislation by country or region
!Country/Region<sup>[[wikipedia:Europe#Contemporary_definition|1]]</sup>
!specific legislation
|-
|EU countries
|See the category on [[:Category:EU legislation|EU legislation]] for a complete overview
https://gdprhub.eu/index.php?title=Data_Protection_in_the_European_Union
|-
|Andorra
|
|-
|Albania
|
|-
|Armenia
|
|-
|Azerbaijan
|
|-
|Belarus
|
|-
|Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
|-
|Cyprus
|https://gdprhub.eu/index.php?title=Data_Protection_in_Cyprus
|-
|Faroe Islands
|
|-
|Georgia
|
|-
|Greenland
|
|-
|Kazakhstan (West)
|
|-
|Kosovo
|
|-
|Iceland
|https://gdprhub.eu/index.php?title=Data_Protection_in_Iceland
|-
|Liechtenstein
|https://gdprhub.eu/index.php?title=Data_Protection_in_Liechtenstein
|-
|Moldova
|
|-
|Monaco
|
|-
|Montenegro
|
|-
|North Macedonia
|
|-
|Norway
|https://gdprhub.eu/index.php?title=Data_Protection_in_Norway
|-
|Russia (West)
|
|-
|San Marino
|
|-
|Serbia
|https://pravno-informacioni-sistem.rs/eli/rep/sgrs/skupstina/zakon/2018/87/13
|-
|Svalbard
|
|-
|Switzerland
|https://gdprhub.eu/index.php?title=Data_Protection_in_Switzerland
|-
|Turkey
|
|-
|Ukraine
|
|-
|United Kingdom
|https://gdprhub.eu/index.php?title=Data_Protection_in_the_United_Kingdom
|-
|Vatican City
|
|-
|}

==Proposed laws==
===United States===
{| class="wikitable"
! State/Province !! Law
|-
| rowspan="4" |
| [[Unlocking Technology Act of 2013]]
|-
| [[HR 8250]]
|-
| [[HR 8470]]
|-
| [[SB 3062]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | California
| [[3D Printing restrictions and bans|AB-2047 - Firearms: 3-dimensional printing blocking technology.]]
|-
| [[Protect Our Games Act|AB-1921 - Stop Killing Games: Consumer ownership protection]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | Colorado
| [[3D Printing restrictions and bans|HB26-1144 - Prohibit Three-Dimensional Printing Firearms & Components Type]]
|-
| [[Colorado SB26-090 critical infrastructure exemption]]
|-
| Illinois
| [[Illinois House Bill 5511 (2026)]]
|-
| Massachusetts
| [[Massachusetts Senate Bill 2619 (194th General Court) "An Act establishing the Masachusetts consumer data privacy act"]]
|-
| New York State
| [[3D Printing restrictions and bans|Assembly Bill A2228 - Relates to criminal history background checks for the purchase of three-dimensional printers capable of creating firearms.]]
|-
| Texas
| [[Texas Senate Bill 2420 (2025)]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | Washington
| [[3D Printing restrictions and bans|HB 2320 - 2025-26 Concerning the regulation of firearm manufacturing.]]
|-
| [[Washington house bill 2321 regarding 3d printers|HB 2321 - 2025-26 Requiring three-dimensional printers be equipped with certain blocking technologies.]]
|}

===Elsewhere===
{| class="wikitable"
! Region !! Law
|-
| rowspan="2" | Canada
| [[Canadian Bill C-22: Lawful Access Act]]
|-
| [[Canadian Bill S-209]]
|-
| United Kingdom
| [[UK Online Safety Act]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[European Union]]
| [[Chat Control]]
|-
| [[Digital Fairness Act]]
|-
| Brazil
|
|-
| Chile
| [[Law N° 17,336]]
|}
[[Category:Projects]]

Massachusetts Senate Bill 2619 (194th General Court) "An Act establishing the Masachusetts consumer data privacy act"

2026-06-08T02:21:56Z

130.215.207.167: Created page with "Following the adoption of privacy-protecting legislation in several other states, the Massachusetts House of Representatives approved a bill "establishing the Massachusetts consumer data privacy act" endowing residents with controls over the data collected on them and collated by data controllers; and reigning in questionable corporate behavior, including the collection of data wholly unnecessary to the product or service being offered, and the use of dark patterns to co..."

Following the adoption of privacy-protecting legislation in several other states, the Massachusetts House of Representatives approved a bill "establishing the Massachusetts consumer data privacy act" endowing residents with controls over the data collected on them and collated by data controllers; and reigning in questionable corporate behavior, including the collection of data wholly unnecessary to the product or service being offered, and the use of dark patterns to coerce users into accepting terms of service and privacy policies they otherwise would not agree to.

The bill is not yet law; it is pending the Massachusetts Senate's approval and the governor's signature as of June 8, 2026. Should it become law, it takes effect on July 1, 2027.

== Bill Summary ==

* The right to access, correct, transport, delete data, and opt-out of data-collection processes <ref name="progressivema">{{cite web
|last=Cohn
|first=Jonathan
|title=MA House Unanimously Passes Data Privacy Bill
|url=https://www.progressivemass.com/ma-house-unanimously-passes-data-privacy-bill/
|website=Progressive Mass
|date=June 5, 2026
|access-date=June 8, 2026
|url-status=live
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260608004742/https://www.progressivemass.com/ma-house-unanimously-passes-data-privacy-bill/
|archive-date=June 8, 2026
}}</ref>

* Data collection must be necessary for providing the service requested by the consumer, data no longer necessary for the purpose it was collected for must be deleted, and data must be secured via reasonable measures against unauthorized access <ref name="progressivema"/>

* Complete ban on the sale of precise geolocation data on Massachusetts residents ''and'' visitors <ref name="lynnjournal">{{cite news
|author=
|date=June 5, 2026
|title=Massachusetts House passes landmark data privacy legislation with strong consumer protections
|url=https://lynnjournal.com/2026/06/05/massachusetts-house-passes-landmark-data-privacy-legislation-with-strong-consumer-protections/
|work=Lynn Journal
|access-date=June 8, 2026
|url-status=live
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260608011202/https://lynnjournal.com/2026/06/05/massachusetts-house-passes-landmark-data-privacy-legislation-with-strong-consumer-protections/
|archive-date=June 8, 2026
}}</ref>

* Sharing or sale of sensitive data requires ''affirmative consent'' (the term is defined in the bill) <ref name="lynnjournal"/>

* The attorney general has the exclusive authority to enforce this law ''in most cases'', <ref name="lynnjournal"/> but the bill also provides a private right of action against "the largest corporations" <ref name="aclum">{{cite web
|last=Sheridan
|first=Mark
|date=June 4, 2026
|title=Civil Rights and Reproductive Justice Groups Applaud Unanimous House Passage of Massachusetts Consumer Data Privacy Act
|url=https://www.aclum.org/press-releases/civil-rights-and-reproductive-justice-groups-applaud-unanimous-house-passage-of-massachusetts-consumer-data-privacy-act/
|location=Boston
|publisher=ACLU of Massachusetts
|access-date=June 8, 2026
|url-status=live
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260608012822/https://www.aclum.org/press-releases/civil-rights-and-reproductive-justice-groups-applaud-unanimous-house-passage-of-massachusetts-consumer-data-privacy-act/
|archive-date=June 8, 2026
}}</ref>

== Bill History ==

* February 27, 2025: bills [https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S29 S.29], [https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S33 S.33], and [https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S45 S.45] referred to Advanced Information Technology, the Internet and Cybersecurity committee

* May 12, 2025: previous three bills combined in bill [https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2516 S.2516] and referred to committee on Senate Ways and Means

* September 18, 2025: previous bill amended by committee as [https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2608 S.2608] and scheduled for the senate on September 25

* September 25, 2025: third reading of previous bill in senate passes with amended version reprinted as [https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2619 S.2619]

* June 4, 2026: previous bill engrossed unanimously with amendments published as [https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5479 H.5479]

== References ==

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[[Category:American legislation]]