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Virginia House Passes Consumer Data Protection Act

Keypoint: Virginia moves closer to enacting consumer privacy legislation. On January 29, 2021, the Virginia House of Delegates passed HB2307, the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (Act) in an 89 to 9 vote. The Act now...more

Privacy Legislation Proposed In New York And Minnesota

Keypoint: Lawmakers in New York and Minnesota have proposed CCPA-like privacy legislation. As state legislatures have started to convene for the 2021 session, state lawmakers have once-again proposed CCPA-like privacy...more

2021 Washington Privacy Act Released

Keypoint: The Washington Privacy Act is back. The Washington state legislature will once again consider consumer data privacy legislation when it convenes on January 11, 2021. On January 5, 2021, Senators Reuven Carlyle...more

Brexit Deal Extends UK/EU Cross-Border Data Transfers

Keypoint: The UK/EU Brexit agreement provides for the continuation of UK/EU cross-border data transfers for the next four to six months, allowing the European Commission more time to consider issuing an adequacy decision. On...more

Analyzing The EDPB’s Guidelines On Article 28 Data Processing Agreements

Keypoint: Entities that use Article 28 data processing agreements should closely review the EDBP’s draft guidelines and modify their data processing agreement as necessary. In September, the European Data Protection Board...more

What U.S. Companies Should Know About LGPD – Brazil’s New General Data Protection Law

Keypoint: LGPD is a complicated regulatory regime that will required U.S. entities subject to its requirements to undertake substantial compliance efforts. As documented in Dirceu Santa Rosa’s article for the IAPP’s Privacy...more

Switzerland’s DPA Concludes That Swiss-US Privacy Shield Does Not Provide Adequate Level Of Protection

The fallout from the Schrems II judgment continued on Tuesday with an announcement from Switzerland’s Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) that the Swiss-US Privacy Shield regime “does not provide an...more

European Commission and EDPB Provide Update on Efforts to Address Cross-Border Transfers After Schrems II

Keypoint: Representatives of the European Commission and EDPB advised that further guidance on cross-borders data transfers are forthcoming. Last week, Didier Reynders, European Commissioner for Justice, and Dr. Andrea...more

CCPA Update: Legislature Extends Business-To-Business And Employee Exemptions For One Year

On August 30, 2020, the California legislature passed Assembly Bill 1281, which extends the CCPA’s business-to-business and employee exemptions by one year until January 1, 2022. The bill now moves to the California...more

Analyzing The California Attorney General’s Comments On Drafting Privacy Policies

In early June, the California Attorney General filed final CCPA regulations with the California Office of Administrative Law. The final regulations were accompanied by a 59-page Final Statement of Reasons along with six...more

U.S. Privacy Law Implications With The Use Of No-Contact Temperature Taking Devices

Keypoint: The use of no-contact temperature taking devices can be an important part of a company’s return to work program, but companies should fully vet these devices to ensure that they are not unintentionally violating...more

Analyzing The 2020 Virginia Privacy Act And Sale Of Personal Data Act

Keypoint: The Virginia Privacy Act would create CCPA-like rights for Virginia residents while the Sale of Personal Data Act would create rights vis-à-vis “data sellers.” Lawmakers in Virginia have proposed two bills that, if...more

2020 Washington Privacy Act Released

Keypoint: Washington lawmakers will be filing the 2020 version of the Washington Privacy Act on Monday, January 13, 2020. Those who follow privacy law will remember that last year Washington state came close to becoming the...more

Nevada Legislature Passes Bill Allowing Residents To Opt-Out Of Sales Of Covered Information

Key Point: Although not as far-reaching as the CCPA, the Nevada legislation will require entities subject to the statute to revise their online privacy notices and create an internal process to ensure compliance with the new...more

Significant Changes Proposed To Washington Privacy Act In State House Of Representatives

In our prior blog post, we discussed how the Washington Privacy Act (WPA) had passed the state’s senate and would be taken up by the state’s House of Representatives. On March 22, 2019, the House Innovation, Technology &...more

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