What is a Controller?
A controller is any person or entity, that alone or jointly with others, determines the purpose and means of processing personal data.
Controller’s Responsibility to Respond to Consumer Requests:
As of January 1st, 2025, controllers are required to take certain steps to help consumers maintain control over their personal data. Controllers have the responsibility of responding to a consumer’s request to:
What is a Consumer?
A consumer is an individual who is a resident of this state acting only in an individual or household context. A consumer does not include an individual acting in a commercial or employment context.
Consumer’s Rights with Respect to the Processing of Personal Data
As of January 1st, 2025, consumers may submit a request to a controller regarding the processing of personal data belonging to that individual or a known child. Consumers may request the following from Controllers:
As of January 1, 2025, the Attorney General is tasked with protecting the rights of Nebraska residents to their personal data. As part of the law, the Attorney General is required to provide information that helps businesses and consumers understand their rights and responsibilities under the Data Privacy Act, Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 87-1101 to 87-1130.
Lincoln—Today, Attorney General Mike Hilgers filed a major lawsuit in Lancaster County District Court against Change Healthcare alleging violations of Nebraska’s Consumer Protection
Lincoln – Today, the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office announced that it has joined settlements with Defendants Heritage Pharmaceuticals and Apotex to resolve allegations that both companies engaged in widespread, long-running conspiracies to artificially inflate and manipulate prices for numerous generic prescription drugs in violation of federal and state antitrust laws.
Lincoln—Attorney General Mike Hilgers joined a coalition of 11 states to sue BlackRock, State Street Corporation, and Vanguard Group, three of the largest institutional investors in the world, for conspiring to artificially constrict the market for coal through anticompetitive trade practices.
Attorney General Mike Hilgers joined a coalition of 52 attorneys general and the U.S. Department of Justice to propose a robust package of remedies to end Google’s unlawfully maintained search engine monopoly and revive competition for the benefit of consumers.
Lincoln, NE – Attorney General Hilgers filed an antitrust lawsuit against some of the nation’s largest heavy-duty truck manufacturers for an alleged plot to stifle the availability of internal-combustion semi-trucks in favor of electric ones. California has imposed a series of regulations designed to essentially eliminate semi-trucks with internal combustion engines. Other states have adopted California’s regulations as well.
The Nebraska Attorney General’s Office is issuing a warning to retailers and consumers regarding the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) recall of Diamond Shruumz products, warning retailers and consumers to take action to prevent harm to Nebraska consumers.
