On August 1, 2024, New York Attorney General (“AG”) Letitia James issued two advanced notices of proposed rulemaking (“ANPRs”) for the Stop Addictive Feeds Exploitation (SAFE) for Kids Act (the “SAFE Act”) and the Child Data...more
On June 18, 2024, California Attorney General (“AG”) Rob Bonta and Los Angeles City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto announced a settlement with a video game developer and publisher regarding allegations that the company...more
7/16/2024
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On July 18, 2023, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed the Oregon Consumer Privacy Act (SB 619)(“OCPA”) into law, making Oregon the eleventh state to enact a comprehensive state privacy law. OCPA will take effect on July 1,...more
Publications and Advisories - April 5, 2023 – Kate Hanniford and Elinor Hiller published “Healthy Byte: White House and HHS Both Update Their Cybersecurity Guidance.”...more
At a board meeting held by the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) on February 17, 2022, Executive Director Ashkan Soltani announced that the CPPA does not expect to meet the July 1, 2022, statutory deadline for...more
Selected Developments in U.S. Law - SEC Proposed Rule Will Require Private Funds to Report Certain Cyber Events On January 26, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed new rules to enhance hedge fund...more
2/9/2022
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General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
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Our Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team highlights some of the similarities and differences between Colorado’s new consumer privacy law and its older siblings in California and Virginia....more
On July 7, Colorado became the third state behind California and Virginia to adopt a comprehensive privacy law when Governor Jared Polis signed the Colorado Privacy Act into law. The CPA contains many similarities to the...more
Virginia became the second state after California to pass a comprehensive privacy law when the governor signed the Consumer Data Protection Act, which contains many elements found in the California Consumer Privacy Act and...more
3/4/2021
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Both houses of Virginia’s legislature recently passed the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (S.B. 1392; H.B. 2307) (the “VCDPA”). If approved by the state governor, the VCDPA would become the United States’ second...more
Brazil’s General Data Protection Law (the “LGPD”), a law similar to the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”) is now effective. On April 29 of this year, Brazil’s President issued Provisional...more
Even as enforcement of the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”) begins, there is uncertainty as to whether and when employment information and business-to-business data will become fully subject to the CCPA....more
The Washington Privacy Act (WPA) failed to make it through the house before April 17, the last day to consider non-budget policy bills in the Washington legislature. ...more