On April 12, at the International Association of Privacy
Professionals' global privacy conference, Colorado Attorney
General Phil Weiser gave remarks on his office's approach to
the rulemaking and enforcement of the Colorado Privacy Act.
Attorney General Weiser observed that his office's
approach will be “principle-based” and not
prescriptive. He shared that promulgating too many specific
rules could be counterproductive. Not only would they not
serve every context, he stated that also they could create
challenges of interoperability if other states also are very
prescriptive. The Attorney General invited suggestions for
how his office might approach three areas in particular during the
rulemaking:
