Starting January 2025, five state privacy laws will take effect, providing consumer privacy rights to a new swath of individuals across the country. Delaware, Iowa, Nebraska, and New Hampshire’s laws will go into effect on...more
As state-level privacy laws continue to expand in the absence of federal legislation, businesses must prepare to meet a growing patchwork of requirements or risk penalties and reputational harm. In 2025, eight additional...more
The United States privacy landscape becomes more cluttered by the week. While most of the legal media is focusing on federal legislation coming out of Washington, the most significant privacy development in the United States...more
This year is proving to be just as an important year for privacy professionals as 2023. In our third installment of what privacy pros should know, we provide you with some highlights about the following important developments...more
The California Privacy Protection Agency (the “Agency”) may start enforcing privacy regulations according to a recent decision from the California Third District Court of Appeal. The privacy regulations at issue stem from the...more
You may be feeling overwhelmed with the thought of having to comply with yet another state privacy law. However, New Jersey’s privacy bill is chock-full of significant exemptions that may ease your organization’s compliance...more
The Colorado Department of Law has published its Universal Opt-Out Shortlist under the Colorado Privacy Act (“CPA”). This is eagerly awaited guidance for organizations who are subject to the CPA as the guidance provides...more
On December 19, 2023, Rite Aid Corporation (Rite Aid) agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges that it failed to take reasonable measures to prevent harm to consumers from its use of facial recognition...more
Given the increasing number of data privacy laws in the U.S., entering into appropriate data processing agreements (“DPAs”) with vendors has now become a critical component of vendor management. It can also be one of the most...more
The pace of privacy developments in 2023 has been breathtaking. Since our recent alert regarding Iowa’s comprehensive data privacy law and Colorado’s finalized rules, there have been a number of key developments in data...more
On March 28, 2023, Iowa became the sixth state to enact a comprehensive consumer privacy law. If the thought of having to comply with yet another state privacy law is causing a sense of panic, fret not. Iowa’s bill is largely...more
While there is no comprehensive, federal United States law governing privacy, there are several major state laws that are currently in place. To help our clients assess their compliance posture, we have published a quick,...more
3/16/2023
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In January of 2022, we recommended adding “updating privacy contracts” to your list of New Year’s resolutions. With 2023 around the corner and a number of new privacy laws and regulations going into effect, we have another...more
12/16/2022
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We warned you last summer that California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) enforcement was heating up! The California Attorney General (“CAG”) announced a settlement with cosmetics retailer, Sephora. That, among other penalties,...more
In our second installment of what privacy professionals should know before they start the summer, we provide you with highlights from the draft regulations from the California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”) and...more
It’s been a blazing hot summer and privacy professionals have been sweating to keep up with all of the updates from the last few months. We all knew this was going to be a busy year with updating European data transfer...more
Connecticut’s new privacy law, an Act Concerning Personal Data Privacy and Online Monitoring, also known as the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (“CTDPA”), generally continues the pattern of non-California states enacting...more
The responsibilities of privacy professionals continue to grow while resources are increasingly difficult to procure. At the Privacy + Security Forum, the deeply experienced panel of privacy professionals consisting of Ami...more
Although the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) has been in effect since January 1, 2020 and subject to enforcement since July 1, 2020, it seemed until recently that compliance had been somewhat spotty. Well, it’s time...more
Most privacy eyes are currently focused on the new EU Model Clauses and forthcoming U.S. state laws that take effect in 2023. As the summer heats up, however, compliance professionals should look to the western U.S. states of...more
The California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) and Virginia’s Data Protection Act (“CDPA”) have created a snowball effect, encouraging Colorado to be the third state to enact comprehensive data privacy legislation. On July 7,...more
On March 11, 2021, the Spanish Data Protection Authority (“AEPD”), imposed the regulator’s largest ever fine, totaling €8.15 million ($9.378 million), upon Vodafone España, S.A.U (“Vodafone”), a telephone operator, for...more
Virginia knocked off California’s crown as the only U.S. state to have a comprehensive, general consumer privacy law when Governor Ralph Northam signed the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (“CDPA”) into law on March 2,...more
On November 3, 2020, California voters passed Proposition 24, the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”).
The provision’s timeline is important to consider. The law would become effective on January 1, 2023 with enforcement...more
11/18/2020
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A discussion between Kilpatrick Townsend Partner Amanda Witt and Nicole Beranek Zanon, founding partner of de la cruz Beranek Rechtsanwälte AG, on the new Swiss Data Protection Act and its impact for U.S. clients....more
9/18/2020
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Data Protection ,
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Data Security ,
International Data Transfers ,
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Personal Data ,
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