On October 10, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 362 into law. The “Delete Act” is intended to bridge a gap in consumer privacy rights – whereas the California Privacy Rights Act (the CPRA) grants consumers the...more
On June 16, 2023, Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo signed SB 370 into law. This new law is a consumer health data bill that is similar in many ways to Washington’s My Health My Data Act (MHMDA). SB 370, like most provisions of...more
To date, US non-profit organizations have enjoyed an exemption from the state omnibus privacy laws. That’s about to change. Unlike the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA),...more
On March 15, 2023, the Colorado Attorney General’s Office announced the finalization of the Regulations implementing the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA), which will take effect on July 1, 2023. Covered businesses that make use of...more
On April 27, 2023, the Washington state governor signed into law the My Health My Data Act, also known as the MHMDA. The majority of the law’s provisions will take effect on March 31, 2024, providing companies with one...more
What is a data protection impact assessment (DPIA)?
A data protection impact assessment or data protection assessment (DPIA) is a form of risk assessment that is designed to help organizations identify, analyze and...more
The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") is arguably the most comprehensive - and complex - data privacy regulation in the world. Although the GDPR went into force on May 25, 2018, there continues to...more
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Companies that do business in California know that it is a magnet for class action litigation. The California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA"), a new privacy law that applies to data collected about California residents, will...more