Vermont Data Privacy and Online Surveillance Act
Vermont privacy law: processors
Law as of October 28, 2026 Reviewed by Sergio Maldonado Elvira on 29 October 2026
Summary (not the statute text)
Processors must follow controller instructions and help with consumer requests, security and breach notification, and assessments. A binding contract must set out instructions, nature and purpose, data types, duration and both parties' rights and obligations. It must also require confidentiality, deletion or return at the end, compliance information on request, and subcontracting only after the controller can object and under a written flow-down contract. Processors must provide assessment reports on request.
Key points
Processors must follow instructions and assist with requests, security, breach notification and assessments.
Section: Act 145, Sec. 1, 9 V.S.A. § 2415f(a)
Binding contract with instructions, nature and purpose, data types, duration and rights and obligations of both parties.
Contract must require confidentiality and deletion or return at the end, unless the law requires retention.
Subcontractors only after the controller can object, under a written contract with the same obligations.
Processor must provide an assessment report to the controller on request.
A processor that sets purposes and means becomes a controller for that processing.
Section: Act 145, Sec. 1, 9 V.S.A. § 2415f(d)
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Related GDPR articles
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- Article 28: Processor (processors)
Law as of October 28, 2026.
Reviewed by Sergio Maldonado Elvira on 29 October 2026. Prepared from the official sources listed.
Official text of the Vermont statute
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