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by fsckboy
1118 days ago
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> Short version: NO[?] Since Wickard v Filburn, the interstate commerce clause has been a blank cheque for the federal government to regulate anything at all as it pleases but it's not a blank check for the state of Massachusetts to regulate anything outside of Massachusetts, so you 1000% failed to address the question I raised. (1000% because you wrote a lot while not addressing the question about Massachusetts law being effective in this case where there is no countervailing US law) |
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Yes, Massachusetts may enforce the law within its own borders. Companies which buy or sell location data may not operate in Massachusetts without risking enforcement actions. If someone with a company's app travels through MA, their location data may likely still be sold if the company itself is not registered at all in MA.
HOWEVER, the law must also survive the inevitable federal court challenge when a company headquartered in another state, but with some small operating presence in MA, falls under some enforcement action... rendering the original question entirely moot, as I suspect there are no shortage of companies who would challenge the law.