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At least 750 data brokers were registered in one or more US state registries, according to a Privacy Rights Clearinghouse and EFF analysis published June 2025. See the count by state, the hundreds of companies missing from each state's own list, and why Connecticut and New Jersey still have no working registry.
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Florida's Attorney General logged 1,496 consumer complaints under the Florida Digital Bill of Rights in 2025, per the office's February 2026 enforcement report. See the revenue threshold that limits its scope, the penalty structure, and why zero dollars in fines have been collected since it took effect.
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Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger signed S.B. 338 on April 13, 2026, amending the VCDPA to prohibit selling precise geolocation data outright, effective July 1, 2026, and making Virginia the third state after Maryland and Oregon to ban the practice rather than just require an opt-out.
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New Jersey's Division of Consumer Affairs announced on July 10, 2026 that it will not enforce the state's new data broker registration fees, which run as high as $1.5 million a year, until June 2027.
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Maryland's HB 711 takes effect July 1, 2026, barring controllers from knowingly selling personal data to any government unit that has supported civil immigration enforcement in the prior six months.
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