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Connecticut Amends Privacy Law

On June 11, 2025, Connecticut passed Senate Bill 01295 (SB 01295).  If signed by the governor, SB 01295 will amend the existing Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA) in several important ways, with the amendments going into...more

DAA Launches AI-Focused Review of Interest-Based Advertising Self-Regulatory Principles

On June 4, 2025, the Digital Advertising Alliance (“DAA”), the self-regulatory body that sets and enforces privacy standards for digital advertising, announced it is launching a process to determine if it is necessary to...more

Business Better Podcast Episode: Bridging Campuses: Legal Insights on Education Industry Consolidation – Privacy and Data Security [Video]

This episode is part of our “Bridging Campuses: Legal Insights on Education Industry Consolidation” series, where we discuss trends in higher education consolidation and closures, and outline common characteristics of at-risk...more

California Proposes CCPA Update on Location Data Rules

On February 21, 2025, representatives in the California legislature introduced California Assembly Bill 1355, also known as the California Location Privacy Act (“AB 1355”).  AB 1355 seeks to amend the California Consumer...more

House Committee Announces Formation of Working Group to Develop Federal Comprehensive Privacy Law

On February 12, 2025, the House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Brett Guthrie (R-Ky) and Vice Chair John Joyce (R-Pa) announced the formation of 12-member working group tasked with developing comprehensive data privacy...more

HHS Proposes Significant Updates to HIPAA Security Rule

On January 6, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) to amend the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act...more

Colorado Department of Law Adopts Amendments to Colorado Privacy Act Rules

On December 5, 2024, the Colorado Department of Law adopted amended rules to the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA)....more

Michigan Legislature Introduces Reproductive Health Privacy Bill

On November 7, 2024, Michigan lawmakers in the Senate introduced the Reproductive Data Privacy Act (“RDPA”), also known as Senate Bill 1082 (SB 1082).  The bill aims to strengthen privacy protections for sensitive...more

CFPB suggests that state privacy laws can—and should—regulate financial data

On November 12, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a report examining the carve outs and limitations contained in comprehensive state privacy laws relating to financial institutions.  In an...more

CPPA Announces Settlements with Data Brokers for Failure to Register Under the Delete Act

On November 14, 2024, the California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”), which is tasked with enforcing the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”), announced it settled with two data brokers, Growbots, Inc. and UpLead...more

BIPA Amendment Enacted

On August 5, 2024, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed into law SB 2979, significantly amending the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). This update represents a considerable decrease in the potential for...more

Historic $1.4 Billion Data Privacy Settlement between Meta and Texas

The State of Texas and Meta Platforms Inc. (“Meta”) have agreed to a $1.4 billion settlement, to be paid out over five years, to resolve claims relating to Meta’s alleged use of facial recognition technology without user...more

Business Better Podcast Episode: Cyber Adviser – A Comparison of AI Regulatory Frameworks [Video]

This episode is part of our Cyber Adviser series, where we discuss emerging issues in the world of privacy and data security. Today, we’re joined by Paolo Sbuttoni, a partner at Foot Anstey with years of experience...more

Minnesota Legislature Sends Privacy Bill to Governor

Minnesota becomes the latest state to move to pass legislation regulating the processing and controlling of personal data (HF 4757 / SF 4782). If signed into law by Governor Tim Walz, the Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act,...more

FTC Probes Reddit Proposal to License User Content for AI Training

In a regulatory filing, Reddit announced that the FTC is probing Reddit’s proposal to sell, license and share user-generated content with third parties to train artificial intelligence (AI) models.  This move underscores the...more

UN Adopts Landmark AI Resolution

The UN General Assembly has adopted a landmark resolution focusing on the safe, secure, and trustworthy use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). This resolution, led by the United States and supported by over 120 Member States,...more

Business Better Podcast Episode: Cyber Adviser – Your Data, My Headache: Consumer Health Data Laws [Video]

This episode is part of our Cyber Adviser series, where we discuss emerging issues in the world of privacy and data security. Today, our lawyers discuss new state consumer health data laws in Connecticut, Nevada, and...more

43 AGs Urge FTC to Update Child Online Privacy Rules

On March 7, 2024, a bipartisan coalition of 43 state attorneys general sent to the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) a letter urging the FTC to update the regulations (“COPPA Rules”) implementing the Children’s Online Privacy...more

California Privacy Protection Agency Releases Draft Regulations for Consideration at its March 8, 2024 Board Meeting

On March 7, 2024, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) released new materials for review and discussion at the agency’s board meeting on March 8, 2024. Among the materials released were draft risk assessment and...more

FTC Warns That “Quietly Changing” Privacy Policies May Be an Unfair or Deceptive Practice

The FTC published guidance warning companies that “[i]t may be unfair or deceptive for a company to adopt more permissive data practices—for example, to start sharing consumers’ data with third parties or using that data for...more

CA Court of Appeals Decision Means CPPA May Start Enforcing CPRA Regulations

On February 9, 2024, California’s Third District Court of Appeals reinstated the California Privacy Protection Agency’s (“CPPA”) ability to enforce the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (“CPRA”) regulations. The CPRA...more

Connecticut AG Issues Report to General Assembly on CTDPA

On February 1, 2024, the Connecticut Office of the Attorney General (“OAG”) submitted to the Connecticut General Assembly its report on the first six months of the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (“CTDPA”). While the report...more

Business Better Podcast Episode: Cyber Adviser – Financial Services 2024 Privacy and Cybersecurity Preview [Video]

This episode is part of our Cyber Adviser series, where we discuss emerging issues in the world of privacy and data security. The privacy and cybersecurity landscape is evolving in the financial sector, from more specific...more

FTC Authorizes use of Compulsory Process in AI Investigations

On November 21, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) approved in a 3-0 vote a resolution authorizing the use of compulsory process in nonpublic investigations involving products and services that involve or claim to involve...more

Colorado Publishes Universal Opt-Out Mechanism Shortlist

The Colorado Department of Law (“DoL”) has published a shortlist of potential universal opt-out mechanisms (“UOOMs”). Beginning on July 1, 2024, companies will be required to allow consumers to opt out of the sale of their...more

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