On March 26, with less than a month left in the Washington Legislature’s 2021 session, the House Civil Rights and Judiciary Committee (CRJC) passed the Washington privacy act (2SSB 5062), with amendments, on a straight...more
After the Washington Privacy Act (“WPA”) failed to pass in 2019, state legislators promised to renew their efforts in the 2020 legislative session....more
On Jan. 17, 2019, a new privacy law was proposed in the Washington state Senate. If passed, the Washington Privacy Act would impose far-reaching responsibilities on companies to protect the privacy of “personal data.” ...more
Several weeks ago, South Dakota and Alabama became the final two states to enact data breach notification laws. The Alabama Data Breach Notification Act of 2018 takes effect on May 1, 2018, and imposes information security,...more