Wyoming legislative committee advances government data privacy bill

CHEYENNE — A bill draft concerning data privacy for government entities advanced this week in a Wyoming Legislature committee.

Concerns regarding administrative costs, conflicts with public records laws and the exclusion of corporate data were discussed Tuesday during a meeting of the Legislature’s Select Committee on Blockchain, Financial Technology and Digital Innovation Technology.

A brief summary of the bill, titled “Data privacy-government entities,” was presented by TaLise Hansen of Wyoming’s Legislative Service Office, who noted that the bill draft was the same version considered during the committee’s May meeting. The core provision of the draft prohibits government entities from purchasing, selling, trading or transferring personal data without the “express consent of the natura