Keypoint: Kentucky is the fifteenth state to pass consumer data privacy legislation with a bill that largely tracks the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act. On March 27, 2024, the Kentucky legislature passed the Kentucky...more
Keypoint: Last week, consumer data privacy bills passed out of the Vermont and Pennsylvania Houses, an Age-Appropriate Design Code Act variant bill passed out of the Vermont Senate, and bills advanced in Colorado, Maryland,...more
3/25/2024
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Keypoint: It was a very busy week with Kentucky on the cusp of passing a consumer data privacy bill, Maryland advancing consumer and children’s bills, and movement on bills in Minnesota, Vermont, Georgia, Maine, and New York....more
3/18/2024
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Keypoint: Last week, consumer data privacy bills advanced in Minnesota, Maryland, and Missouri, New Hampshire’s Governor signed SB 255 into law, Maryland’s AADC bill advanced in the Senate, and the Hawaii House passed a...more
Keypoint: Last week chambers in West Virginia and Georgia passed consumer data privacy bills while a VCDPA amendment bill focused on children’s privacy passed the Virginia legislature. Below is the sixth weekly update on the...more
Keypoint: Last week Wisconsin inched closer to passing a consumer data privacy bill, Colorado’s biometric privacy bill advanced out of committee, and several CCPA-amendment bill were introduced.
Below is the fourth weekly...more
Keypoint: It was a busy week with lawmakers in Virginia and Colorado moving forward with bills to amend the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act and Colorado Privacy Act....more
Keypoint: New Jersey is the thirteenth state to pass consumer data privacy legislation with a bill that is generally based on the Washington Privacy Act model but with some notable differences.
On January 8, 2024, the New...more
1/9/2024
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Below is the twenty-third – and final – weekly update on the status of proposed state privacy legislation in 2023. With the legislatures in many states now adjourned for the year, we are concluding our weekly updates....more
Keypoint: Last week the Louisiana Senate passed a children’s social media bill, the Texas legislature appointed a conference committee for its comprehensive privacy bill, and various bills continued to advance in committees....more
5/22/2023
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Keypoint: Last week the Texas Senate passed a comprehensive data privacy bill, the Tennessee Governor signed HB 1181 into law, and the Connecticut Senate passed a health/children’s privacy bill.
Below is the eighteenth...more
5/15/2023
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Keypoint: Last week the Washington Governor signed the My Health My Data Act, the Nevada Senate passed a health / biometric privacy bill, the Florida Senate passed a consumer privacy bill, and the Texas House and Florida...more
5/1/2023
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Keypoint: With a private right of action, broad applicability to businesses of all sizes and types, a scope that is broader than its name suggests, and strong consent-based requirements and privacy rights, the Washington My...more
4/18/2023
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In this episode of Data Privacy Unlocked, Husch Blackwell’s David Stauss discusses consumer data privacy with Texas Representative Giovanni Capriglione. Representative Capriglione is the primary author of the Texas Data...more
Keypoint: Pending the governor’s signature, Iowa will become the sixth state to pass consumer data privacy legislation.
On March 15, 2023, the Iowa House voted 97-0 to pass SF 262. The bill previously passed the Senate by a...more
Keypoint: The thirteen new enforcement case examples – released just a few months before the CCPA’s right to cure sunsets – provide further insight into the Attorney General’s enforcement priorities....more
In this episode of Data Privacy Unlocked, Husch Blackwell’s David Stauss discusses consumer data privacy with the IAPP’s Joseph Duball. In what has become a yearly conversation, Dave and Joe discuss what happened with...more
The House Committee on Energy & Commerce reported out the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA) last week and it is now eligible for a full House vote. If passed by Congress and signed by the President, the ADPPA...more
8/3/2022
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Keypoint: As currently drafted, the ADPPA’s private right of action provides U.S. citizens with the opportunity to enforce their privacy rights but limits lawsuits to federal court and provides covered entities and service...more
8/2/2022
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Keypoint: The House Committee on Energy & Commerce reported out the American Data Privacy and Protection Act by a vote of 53-2, referring the bill to the full House....more
The Connecticut legislature just passed Senator James Maroney's Senate Bill 6, which will provide CCPA-like privacy rights to Connecticut residents. Once signed by the Governor, Connecticut will become the fifth state—after...more
4/29/2022
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Keypoint: This week a new bill was introduced in Louisiana; the Maryland work group bill received an unfavorable committee report; the Connecticut bill was referred to a second committee; and California’s biometric privacy...more
4/11/2022
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Keypoint: This week there were hearings on bills in Maryland, Rhode Island and Vermont, and the Oklahoma bill was assigned to the same committee where a similar bill died last year....more
Keypoint: Utah is on the cusp of becoming the fourth state to pass consumer privacy legislation while Florida’s bill is now through one chamber.
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Utah is on the cusp of becoming the fourth state to pass consumer privacy...more
Keypoint: This week the Utah Senate and Wisconsin Assembly passed bills, the Florida House Judiciary Committee advanced HB9, new bills were introduced in Connecticut and Kentucky, and Virginia lawmakers passed a VCDPA...more