Minnesota passes the nation's first Internet privacy law.

This Article will examine the fresh Internet privacy law passed by the agency of the Minnesota state legislature. The law restricts an Internet service provider's disclosure of information that identifies a consumer through physical or electronic address or telephone number, by the agency of a history of Internet or online sites visited by the agency of the consumer, or by information stored upon any of the consumer's data storage devices. The law is narrow in purpose but represents an important first pace in protecting personal privacy online. In addition, the law anticipates the passage of a federal law, as it specifically expires upon the effective date of any federal