On April 22, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) changes to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA Rule) were published in the Federal Register. The updates will go into effect on June 23, 2025, and...more
5/15/2025
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On May 1, 2025, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) announced a major overhaul of its draft California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations on automated decision-making, cybersecurity audits, risk assessments,...more
On April 14, 2025, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released a draft update to the NIST Privacy Framework 1.1. The updates are meant to enhance organizations’ data governance and risk management and...more
In advance of its April 4, 2025, board meeting, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) released a discussion draft of revisions to its proposed California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations. These revisions...more
On March 7, 2025, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) issued a settlement order imposing a $632,500 fine on American Honda Motor Co., Inc. for violations of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The CPPA...more
3/17/2025
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California ,
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California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Honda ,
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Ahead of its next board meeting, scheduled for March 6 and 7, 2025, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) released even more proposed regulations, adding to an already full slate of proposed regulations, to amend...more
Following our recent client alert, learn more about enforcement targeting website tracking technologies and the impact on organizations in 2025. Elliot Golding and David Saunders share further insights from working with...more
1/27/2025
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Web Tracking ,
Websites
The act of predicting what will become the dominating storyline of data privacy and cybersecurity in 2025 is a hazardous enterprise, as one is almost surely to get something wrong. Without fail, every year, regulators and the...more
1/6/2025
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Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
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EU ,
Machine Learning ,
PCI-DSS Standard ,
Privacy Laws ,
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Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Technology Sector ,
Web Tracking ,
Websites
On December 5, 2024, the Colorado Department of Law (Department) adopted an amended draft of its latest proposed Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) regulations. This set of amended regulations follows a public comment period that...more
12/11/2024
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On October 30, 2024, the Colorado attorney general (AG) announced a November 7, 2024, public rulemaking hearing to receive feedback on its latest proposed Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) regulations...more
California is set to amend the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) with two recent amendments that have been signed into law. Assembly Bill (AB 1008) and Senate Bill 1223 (SB 1223) aim to clarify how the law...more
On September 13, 2024, the Colorado Attorney General’s (AG) Office published proposed draft amendments to the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) Rules. The proposals include new requirements related to biometric collection and use...more
On August 14, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a final rule that identifies a variety of online review-related practices as unfair or deceptive trade practices. This includes (i) implying that reviews exist...more
On June 25, 2024, the governor of Rhode Island transmitted without signature a comprehensive privacy bill, the Rhode Island Data Transparency and Privacy Protection Act (DTPPA), back to the state legislature, which is still...more
7/2/2024
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Data Protection ,
Exemptions ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Personal Data ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
Rhode Island ,
State and Local Government
Just past midnight on May 11, 2024, the Vermont Legislature passed H.121, the Vermont Data Privacy Act (VDPA). If signed into law, the VDPA would become the most onerous state comprehensive privacy law in the country. Among...more
5/30/2024
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Popular ,
Privacy Acts ,
Privacy Laws ,
Private Right of Action ,
State and Local Government ,
State Legislatures ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Vermont
On May 19, 2024, the Minnesota Legislature passed a comprehensive privacy bill, sending the Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act (MCDPA) to Governor Tim Walz’s desk for signature into law.
The law, which would take effect...more
5/23/2024
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Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Protection Acts ,
Legislative Agendas ,
New Legislation ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Laws ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Sensitive Personal Information ,
State and Local Government ,
State Legislatures ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Summary of Consumer Rights
On April 12, 2024, the Nebraska Legislature passed the Data Privacy Act (NEDPA), sending the bill to Governor Jim Pillen’s desk for signature.
NEDPA adds to the patchwork of state consumer privacy laws in that it does not...more
4/19/2024
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Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Protection Acts ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Legislative Agendas ,
New Legislation ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Laws ,
Privacy Policy ,
Private Right of Action ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Small Business ,
State and Local Government ,
State Legislatures ,
State Privacy Laws
On April 7, 2024, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), the chair of the US House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), the chair of the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation,...more
4/18/2024
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Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Enforcement ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Legislative Agendas ,
New Legislation ,
Preemption ,
Privacy Acts ,
Privacy Laws ,
Privacy Policy ,
State and Local Government ,
State Privacy Laws ,
U.S. House
On April 6, 2024, the Maryland Legislature passed a comprehensive privacy bill, sending the Maryland Online Data Privacy Act of 2024 (MODPA) to Governor Wes Moore’s desk for signature into law. The law, which would take...more
4/11/2024
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Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Protection Acts ,
Legislative Agendas ,
New Legislation ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Laws ,
Privacy Policy ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
State and Local Government ,
State Legislatures ,
State Privacy Laws
On February 23, 2024, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) released proposed updates to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations and draft updates to the Risk Assessment and Automated Decisionmaking...more
On January 18, 2024, the New Hampshire Senate passed by voice vote SB255, the New Hampshire Privacy Act (NHPA), amended by the New Hampshire House of Representatives. The bill will head to Governor Chris Sununu’s desk. After...more
1/25/2024
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Corporate Counsel ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Protection Acts ,
Legislative Agendas ,
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Personal Data ,
Privacy Acts ,
Privacy Laws ,
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State Legislatures ,
State Privacy Laws
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On March 29, 2024, the amended California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations will take effect. These regulations were originally slated to take effect in 2023, but a court ruling (that is being appealed)...more
1/11/2024
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Montana ,
Oregon ,
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State Privacy Laws ,
Texas ,
Virginia ,
Washington
On January 8, 2024, the New Jersey legislature passed the New Jersey Data Privacy Act (NJDPA). The bill, SB 332, will soon head to Governor Phil Murphy’s desk for signing. Assuming the bill is signed quickly, it will go into...more
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Substantial changes to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) are coming soon through five sets of proposed regulations governing (1) cybersecurity audits, (2) privacy risk assessments, (3) artificial...more