Amid intense focus on AI and a flurry of consumer privacy law updates, legislative activity has continued to change data breach notification requirements in a variety of ways. Similar to 2023, a handful of changes to...more
9/30/2024
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Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022 (CIRCIA) ,
FCC ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Legislative Agendas ,
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Regulatory Requirements ,
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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
State and Local Government ,
State Data Breach Notification Statutes
On January 10, the Securities and Exchange Commission gave the green light to 11 issuers that applied for bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs). After a false announcement and a course change due to the ruling in Grayscale...more
A flurry of legislative activity over the past year has brought meaningful changes to a variety of privacy and security provisions in state and federal law. At the state level, as in 2022, we have seen a handful of changes to...more
10/10/2023
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Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Management ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
FCC ,
Federal Breach Notification Standard ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Notification Requirements ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Risk Management ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
State Data Breach Notification Statutes
Governor Tina Kotek signed the Oregon Consumer Privacy Act (OCPA or the Act) into law on July 18, 2023. The OCPA goes into effect on July 1, 2024. Oregon follows 11 other states that have enacted consumer privacy protections,...more
7/25/2023
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Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Protection Acts ,
Data Security ,
Legislative Agendas ,
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Oregon ,
Personal Data ,
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State Privacy Laws
This Update is the third installment of the ongoing series covering Washington state’s new My Health My Data Act (the Act). Part 1 provided a high-level outline of the entities regulated under the Act and the corresponding...more
6/8/2023
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Genetic Materials ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
HIPAA Privacy Rule ,
Mental Health ,
PHI ,
Privacy Laws ,
Reproductive Healthcare Issues ,
Small Business
As detailed in Part 1 of this ongoing series, Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed the state’s My Health My Data Act (the Act) into law on April 27, 2023. The Act is a first-of-its-kind law that creates new privacy...more
Since 1998, the Children’s Online Protection Act (COPPA) has governed how websites directed to children in the United States must approach data privacy for individuals under age 13. COPPA focuses mostly on the collection,...more
3/31/2023
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COPPA ,
Data Collection ,
Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Online Advertisements ,
Parental Consent ,
Personal Data ,
UK ,
Websites
Consumers today are conscious of environmental issues. Younger generations in particular have a clear preference for environmentally friendly products—74% of millennials and 62% of Gen Z are willing to pay more for...more
11/9/2021
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Compliance ,
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E-Commerce ,
Environmental Policies ,
Fabrics ,
Fashion Industry ,
Second-Hand Sales ,
State and Local Government ,
Sustainability ,
Trademark Infringement ,
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