I've said it more than once, the battle over your private and personal information online

is going to keep getting more complicated.

And right now that battleground is in the state of Maine where internet service providers are suing to block

Maine's privacy laws. So let's talk about why these companies are fighting so hard for your information.

Let's get into it.

Hey there, this is Get Legit Law and Shit,

and I'm Emily D Baker, badass lawyer for online business.

I've been a licensed attorney for over 15 years and I'm a former prosecutor.

So yeah, I know some shit and we're going to talk about the legal shit you need to know.

But don't worry, this is not another boring business podcast so let's get started.

All right friends the state of Maine. I know not all of you live there. It's not nearly as large as California. And for once, you're probably like,

holy shit, this girl's talking about a state other than California.

Well, it's because Maine has a new privacy law that is going to affect in July, and the internet service providers and telecoms are not feeling it.

So just like California's Consumer Privacy Act, Maine has passed the Act to protect the privacy of online consumer information.

And right now, Maine is kind of the battleground where this is being waged because of the lawsuits

that are flying.

Now, any time there's a new law like this, there are lawsuits.

We talked about that when we talked about Facebook and whether they

were going to choose to comply with the California version of this, the California Consumer Privacy

Act, which by the way, I find a little easier to say than the

Act to protect the privacy of online consumer information.

So I'm going to call it the main thing or the main act because the ATPOCI is really awkward. At least CCPA can be said. This one doesn't even have a good

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