Stat. § 325M.07]. One of the problems under many data privacy laws is the ability to quantify and prove damages. Proposed amendments to this statute were introduced to the Minnesota Senate in May 2017. These amendments would broaden the definition of “personally identifiable information,” require express approval of the disclosure of such information, and mandate that telecommunications providers comply with Internet privacy requirements. The full text of the current version of the statute appears below. 325M.01 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. The terms used in this chapter have the meanings given them in this section. Subd. 2. Consumer. “Consumer” means a person who agrees to pay a fee to an Internet service provider for access to the Internet for personal, family, or household purposes, and who does not resell access. Subd. 3. Internet service provider. “Internet service provider” means a business or person who provides consumers authenticated access to, or presence on, the Internet by means of a switched or dedicated telecommunications channel upon which the provider provides transit routing of Internet Protocol (IP) packets for and on behalf of the consumer. Internet service provider does not include the offering, on a common carrier basis, of telecommunications facilities or of telecommunications by means of these facilities. Subd. 4. Ordinary course of business. “Ordinary course of business” means debt-collection activities, order fulfillment, request processing, or the transfer of ownership. Subd. 5. Personally identifiable information. “Personally identifiable information” means information that identifies: (1) a consumer by physical or electronic address or telephone number;
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