Keypoint: The proposed draft amendments modify the Colorado Privacy Act Rules to create a process for issuing opinion letters and interpretative guidance and to address the biometric and children’s privacy amendments passed...more
9/16/2024
/ Biometric Information ,
Colorado ,
Consent ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Collection ,
Data Controller ,
Data Privacy ,
Minors ,
Opinion Letter ,
Proposed Amendments ,
State Privacy Laws
Keypoint: Last week, Colorado passed children’s privacy and artificial intelligence bills, Vermont passed a consumer data privacy bill, Maryland’s consumer data privacy and AADC bills were signed into law, and Minnesota is on...more
5/13/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Biometric Information ,
Colorado ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Brokers ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Privacy Laws ,
Proposed Legislation
Keypoint: If signed into law, Colorado will become the first state to enact legislation regulating the use of high-risk artificial intelligence systems. On May 8, the Colorado legislature passed the Colorado Artificial...more
5/9/2024
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Automated Decision Systems (ADS) ,
Colorado ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Duty of Care ,
Duty to Disclose ,
Enforcement ,
Equal Opportunities ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Notification Requirements ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Risk Management ,
State and Local Government
Keypoint: Colorado employers and controllers that collect and process biometric data and identifiers will need to comply with disclosure, consent, and retention requirements beginning on July 1, 2025. In late April, the...more
Keypoint: The Colorado Attorney General’s office has received public comments on its short-list of universal opt out mechanism applicants and will need to identify any qualifying mechanism by January 1, 2024....more
Keypoint: Although they are only draft regulations and not part of the formal rulemaking process, the drafts demonstrate the Agency’s intent to create extensive obligations for businesses subject to these regulations.
In...more
8/29/2023
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Audits ,
Automated Decision Systems (ADS) ,
California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) ,
Colorado ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data-Sharing ,
Employee Privacy Rights ,
Popular ,
Risk Assessment
Keypoint: The draft CPA rules retain the hallmarks of what makes the CPA rules unique but contain some notable revisions and clarifications.
On Friday, January 27, 2023, the Colorado Attorney General’s Office published the...more
1/30/2023
/ Authentication ,
Biometric Information ,
Colorado ,
Consent ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Privacy ,
Minors ,
Notice Requirements ,
Opt-Outs ,
Right to Delete ,
Right-To-Access ,
State Privacy Laws
Keypoint: The changes are mostly controller-friendly with modifications to the privacy notice, consent, and data protection assessment provisions likely to facilitate compliance; however, the draft rules retain many of the...more
The Colorado Attorney General’s Office published draft Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) rules on September 30, 2022. The draft rules are a complex and lengthy set of regulations that, if adopted without substantial modification,...more
10/6/2022
/ C-Suite Executives ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Chief Compliance Officers ,
Chief Technology Officer (CTO) ,
Colorado ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Controller ,
Data Privacy ,
Information Security ,
Privacy Acts ,
Proposed Rules ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Webinars
Keypoint: The CPA draft rules are a complex and lengthy set of regulations that, if adopted without substantial modification, will significantly expand the CPA’s requirements and require controllers to carefully consider...more
10/3/2022
/ Authentication ,
Biometric Information ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Colorado ,
Consent ,
Data Privacy ,
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ,
Opt-Outs ,
Popular ,
Right of Access ,
Right to Delete ,
Sensitive Personal Information ,
State Privacy Laws
Keypoint: The comments focus on identifying areas in which the Attorney General’s Office may provide additional clarity to consumers and businesses and to ensure, where appropriate, the interoperability of the Colorado...more
6/22/2022
/ Authentication ,
Biometric Information ,
Colorado ,
Consent ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Consumer Requests ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Personal Information ,
Privacy Notice Rule ,
State Privacy Laws
Keypoint: Starting in 2023, organizations that are subject to one or more of the laws will need to enter into contracts with recipients of personal information/data that address numerous statutory requirements....more
Keypoint: This week legislatures in Florida, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin closed without passing bills while Maryland’s bill was converted into a one-year study.
Below is our ninth weekly update on the status of...more
3/14/2022
/ Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Colorado ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Personal Data ,
Popular ,
Proposed Legislation ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Virginia
Keypoint: The requirements for recognizing opt-out preference signals for certain types of processing vary widely depending on which state laws apply.
This is the sixth post in our ten-part weekly series comparing key...more
Keypoint: The CPRA requires that businesses use certain types of sensitive personal information only for limited purposes, otherwise they must notify consumers of the additional purposes and provide consumers the opportunity...more
Keypoint: The CPRA, CPA and VCDPA require data protection assessments for certain processing activities; however, when and how entities must conduct and prepare assessments varies....more
Keypoint: The CPRA, CPA, and VCDPA vary in both their definitions of biometric information/data and their compliance obligations.
This is the second article in our ten-part weekly series comparing key provisions of the...more
Keypoint: In the next few months, the Colorado Attorney General’s office will start CPA rulemaking on numerous topics with the goal of publishing draft rules by this fall and adopting final rules by next winter.
On January...more
Keypoint: The CPRA, CPA, and VCDPA’s definitions of “publicly available information” are broader than the CCPA’s definition, thereby expanding the types of personal information companies may process outside the confines of...more
In this episode of Data Privacy Unlocked, Husch Blackwell’s David Stauss discusses the Colorado Privacy Act with the law’s primary author, Colorado Senator Robert Rodriguez. In Part II of this two-part conversation, Senator...more
In this episode of Data Privacy Unlocked, Husch Blackwell’s David Stauss discusses the Colorado Privacy Act with the law’s primary author, Colorado Senator Robert Rodriguez. In this two-part conversation, Senator Rodriguez...more
Keypoint: Once signed by the Governor, Colorado will become the third state to pass broad consumer privacy legislation.
On June 8, 2021, the Colorado legislature officially passed the Colorado Privacy Act...more
Keypoint: The bill will now return to the Senate to accept or reject the House amendments.
On the night of June 7, 2021, the Colorado House voted 57-7 to pass the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA). As we previously reported, the...more
Keypoint: The Colorado Senate unanimously passed the Colorado Privacy Act after amending the bill to add back many of the privacy protections previously removed...more
5/27/2021
/ Amended Regulation ,
Colorado ,
Consent ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Transfers ,
Opt-In ,
Opt-Outs ,
Right To Cure ,
Right to Delete ,
Sensitive Personal Information ,
State and Local Government
Keypoint: The Colorado Privacy Act passed unanimously out of committee last week but not before lawmakers revised many of its pro-consumer provisions to pro-business.
On May 5, 2021, the Colorado Senate Business, Labor &...more