With Congress opting to not enact a moratorium on state artificial intelligence (AI) legislation, states continue to enact laws governing the development and use of AI systems. Through 2025, states have debated both broad and...more
California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) has signed into law several bills imposing new privacy obligations on businesses that handle personal information. These measures, together with the ever-growing patchwork of state privacy...more
10/10/2025
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New state omnibus privacy laws becoming effective in the next six months include quirks when compared with the typical trends in such laws. Amendments to existing privacy laws and a wave of regulatory proposals add another...more
On April 11, the Department of Justice's National Security Division (NSD) published new guidance on recent measures to restrict the ability of adversarial foreign governments and other foreign entities of concern to access...more
5/2/2025
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Last month, the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas enjoined parts of the state's Securing Children Online Through Parental Empowerment (SCOPE) Act, a law requiring certain digital service providers...more
3/12/2025
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Venable's AdLaw Symposium is back!
Please join us in our Washington, DC, headquarters for this highly anticipated event focused on providing you with the information you need to promote your brand with confidence....more
3/7/2025
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The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) is starting the year by implementing new data broker regulations, which took effect in late December, and continuing to move toward the completion of new rules for automated...more
1/20/2025
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The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) made headlines on November 14, 2024, by issuing its first significant monetary penalties related to data brokers, totaling nearly $70,000, in settlements with two data brokers,...more
11/20/2024
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On May 30, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or the Commission) published finalized amendments to the Health Breach Notification Rule (HBNR) that augment the prior rule’s scope and application. The updated final rule...more
Washington's My Health My Data Act (MHMDA) goes into effect on March 31, 2024, for most entities subject to the law. The MHMDA imposes new notice and consent requirements for the processing of "consumer health data," with...more
In 2023, eight more states passed comprehensive data privacy legislation, adding to the six that had passed broadly applicable privacy laws in years prior. In addition, several issue-specific laws regulating health data, data...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently published a warning letter that they jointly sent to more than 130 hospital systems and...more
10/4/2023
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A number of new state privacy laws now govern and mandate certain contractual requirements for collecting, sharing, and processing of personal information. Personal information is generally defined as data that is linked or...more