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Vermont Data Privacy and Online Surveillance Act
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Fusion42 · 9 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
Vermont enacted S.71, the Data Privacy and Online Surveillance Act, effective January 1, 2028, becoming the 21st U.S. state with a comprehensive consumer data privacy law. The final version aligns closely with Connecticut's framework, allowing businesses to consolidate Northeast compliance infrastructure across similar state regimes.
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Founders building consumer-facing products must now budget compliance infrastructure for 21 state-level privacy regimes by 2028; Vermont's alignment with Connecticut creates a consolidation opportunity in the Northeast, but broader fragmentation continues to drive compliance cost and operational complexity.
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