So far 2024 has seen a flurry of new and proposed state comprehensive privacy legislation. Nebraska and Kentucky are the two latest states to jump on the bandwagon. Both follow the now familiar framework established by the...more
5/7/2024
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State Privacy Laws
Iowa has become the latest state to enact a consumer privacy law, joining California, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, and Virginia. On March 28, Governor Kim Reynolds signed into law Senate File 262, which effective January 1,...more
4/5/2023
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State Privacy Laws
On May 29, 2022, Maryland amended the Maryland Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA). Effective October 1, 2022, the amendment (https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/chapters_noln/Ch_502_hb0962E.pdf ) revises provisions...more
Remember when we used to describe U.S. privacy regulation to our European colleagues as “sectoral” and thus limited to specific industries or circumstances—banking, healthcare, certain employment issues, identity theft, etc.?...more
With incredible speed, Virginia became the second state in the United States with a comprehensive data privacy law. Virginia’s law is called the Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA). The CDPA is effective January 1, 2023,...more
3/11/2021
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Earlier we posted an article regarding the amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act by AB 25 and AB1355 creating a moratorium on the application of much of the CCPA to employee personal information—subject to...more
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) imposes significant protections for California residents covered by the law, and significant burdens for companies required to comply with it. One area of concern is whether the CCPA...more
10/4/2019
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Job Applicants ,
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