Vermont Data Privacy and Online Surveillance Act, Attorney General enforcement

9 V.S.A. sec. 2415j; 2026 Vt. Acts & Resolves Act 145, Secs. 2-3

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In force in 465 days, effective 1 January 2028.

An enforcement supervision rule binding private bodies.

As of 27 August 2026.

What it requires

This enforcement scheme does not bind anyone yet; it takes effect January 1, 2028.
Once in force, expect violations to be enforced exclusively by the Vermont Attorney General as a Consumer Protection Act violation, never by a private plaintiff.
Do not treat any report of a Vermont consumer private right of action as accurate. The Act's own text expressly declines to create one.

If you get it wrong

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What this law does

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This enforcement scheme does not currently bind anyone; it takes effect January 1, 2028. As enacted, a violation will be a violation of the Vermont Consumer Protection Act, enforced solely by the Attorney General, with a mandatory 60-day cure notice from January 1, 2028 through June 30, 2029 under the Act's uncodified Sec. 3.

Sec. 2415j and the Act's uncodified Sec. 2 both state the Act creates no private right of action, and Sec. 2's intent language frames this as a deliberate legislative choice made contingent on the Attorney General receiving adequate enforcement resources, not an oversight. Secondary summaries describing the enacted law as including a limited private right of action for consumers are wrong: the Act's own text, quoted here, controls, and that claim is not carried.

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Read the law

official Vermont session law text, 2026 Vt. Acts & Resolves Act 145 (S.71) as enacted, Vermont Legislature website

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