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
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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: On July 7, 2021, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed the Colorado Privacy Act into law, making Colorado the third state to pass broad consumer privacy legislation...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: This week the Colorado legislature continued to advance the Colorado Privacy Act, and the Nevada Governor signed into law a bill that will broaden the state’s pre-existing right to opt out of sales as of October 1,...more
6/7/2021
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Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Legislative Agendas ,
New Legislation ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Proposed Legislation ,
State and Local Government
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
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Colorado ,
Consent ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Transfers ,
Opt-In ,
Opt-Outs ,
Right To Cure ,
Right to Delete ,
Sensitive Personal Information ,
State and Local Government
Keypoint: There were a number of developments this week: Florida’s House passed HB 969, the Washington Privacy Act officially died, Alaska’s HB 159 received a public hearing, and the Arizona legislature closed without passing...more
Keypoint: Florida moved one step closer to passing consumer data privacy legislation although differences between the House and Senate bills need to be resolved if the legislation is to pass the legislature.
On April 21,...more
Keypoint: This week Florida’s two bills continued to progress, the Washington Privacy Act failed to pass out of the House at the deadline (but the bill sponsor says it is still alive), new bills were introduced in...more
Keypoint: It was another busy week with developments in Washington, Florida, Oklahoma, Alaska, Nevada, and Rhode Island.
For the sixth week in a row, we are providing an update on the status of proposed CCPA-like privacy...more
4/5/2021
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Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
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New Legislation ,
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Privacy Laws ,
Proposed Legislation ,
State and Local Government
Keypoint: There were four notable developments this week: the Florida House passed a bill out of committee, lawmakers proposed a new bill in Texas, the Washington Privacy Act was scheduled for a public hearing and committee...more
3/15/2021
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Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Privacy Policy ,
State and Local Government
Keypoint: CCPA-like privacy bills continue to be introduced and work their way through state legislatures.
Those who attended our recent webinar or who subscribe to this blog know that we have been closely tracking...more
On January 28, 2021, privacy professionals around the world will celebrate Data Privacy Day. This year, we decided to mark the occasion by gathering our team’s thoughts and expectations on what we expect to be the biggest...more
1/28/2021
/ Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Selling ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Facial Recognition Technology ,
FSA ,
Health Care Providers ,
Internet of Things ,
Popular ,
State and Local Government
Keypoint: Some additional changes to the CCPA regulations were made before they were filed with the Secretary of State and became effective.
As discussed in our prior post, on Friday, August 14, 2020, the California Office...more
8/17/2020
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California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consent ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Privacy ,
Final Rules ,
Information Sharing ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
State and Local Government
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
Keypoint: For the second year in a row, the Washington Privacy Act has failed to become law.
Yesterday afternoon, on the final day of the Washington legislative session, Senator Reuven Carlyle issued a statement announcing...more
Keypoint: The Washington House of Representatives passed an amended version of the WPA containing a private right of action.
On Friday, March 6, the Washington House of Representatives passed an amended version of the...more
Keypoint: The WPA version that passed out of the House committee contains a private right of action along with other changes strengthening the WPA’s privacy provisions.
On Friday, February 28, the Washington House...more
As it did last year, the Washington state senate has overwhelmingly passed comprehensive consumer privacy legislation. The legislation, entitled the Washington Privacy Act (WPA), passed the state senate on February 14, 2020,...more
Keypoint: Florida lawmakers have proposed legislation that would require certain operators of websites to make online disclosures and accept requests to opt-out of sales of personal data but that would stop far short of...more
As we first reported in February, the Nevada legislature has been considering legislation that would amend its online privacy notice statutes, NRS 603A.300 to 360. Among other things, Nevada’s existing law requires...more
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
On Wednesday, Washington took a major step towards becoming the second state to enact broad privacy legislation when its state senate approved the Washington Privacy Act. The bill passed the senate with overwhelming...more