Re:Vermont passes first law to crack down on data brokers
by downandout on Monday May 28, 2018 @10:06PM
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What you’re not understanding is that this is a state law. They can only regulate the activities of businesses that operate within their own state.
They use the broad definition of a “business” because in the US you can be incorporated in Delaware and actually operate in Vermont. This is actually a common thing - most US corporations are incorporated under the laws of either Delaware or Nevada but operate within their home state. But the state only has the ability to regulate the actual operations of businesses operating within Vermont.
Re:Vermont passes first law to crack down on data brokers
by geocar on Monday May 28, 2018 @10:42PM
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There's lots of ways a Vermont court could apply their laws to a Delaware corporation operating out of Delaware: Renvoi, significant contacts test, "better rule" test, and so on.
They use the broad definition of a “business” because in the US you can be incorporated in Delaware and actually operate in Vermont. This is actually a common thing - most US corporations are incorporated under the laws of either Delaware or Nevada but operate within their home state. But the state only has the ability to regulate the actual operations of businesses operating within Vermont.