Consumer Protection and Privacy

In an era when more and more of our lives are lived online, a host of new questions about privacy and information regulation have emerged. New Hampshire has seen this play out in recent debates over regulating drones, protecting citizens from identity theft, and the use of biometric information. Explore the latest questions being wrangled over at the Statehouse with the featured bills and articles on this page.

Critical bills

HB 73 (2023)
Right to repair law for home appliances

HB 314 (2023)
Create legal right to privacy, prohibit businesses from sharing data

HB 434 (2023)
Allow, regulate drones in state parks

HB 631 (2023)
Let customers purchase their own smart meters

HB 1097 (2024)
Allow one party consent to record

HB 1319 (2024)
Make it illegal to distribute photoshopped or AI sexual images of a person

HB 1432 (2024)
Make fraudulent use of deepfakes illegal, allow lawsuits

HB 1500 (2024)
Make it illegal to distribute photoshopped or AI content of a person, especially related to elections

HB 1535 (2024)
Prohibit mandatory digital ID

HB 1596 (2024)
Require political ads to label "deep fakes"

HB 1599 (2024)
Allow use of self-driving vehicle for self defense

HB 1688 (2024)
Regulates use of AI by state agencies

HB 1710 (2024)
Allow lawsuits over misleading AI images, require disclosure if AI used on political ads

SB 255 (2023)
Create "Expectation of Privacy" law about consumer data

SB 460 (2024)
Establish penalties for unlawful use of drones

SB 601 (2024) Restrict spam email

Read our articles

man with face scanned by face recognition software

Should the state be prohibited from using facial recognition technology without a search warrant?

Should NH have a law against using a drone or similar technology to observe or record people over private property?

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man operating drone

Drones

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