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  "path": "/cognoscenti/2026/03/04/big-tech-data-ai-consumer-privacy-law-woodrow-hartzog-neil-richards",
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  "textContent": "The heart of the privacy bill that the Massachusetts legislature is now considering is a simple but firm rule that companies should collect and use only the personal information that they need to provide services for consumers, write Woodrow Hartzog and Neil Richards.",
  "title": "Big tech is hungry for consumer data. Mass. needs privacy legislation now"
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