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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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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Late last month the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) charged JP Morgan, UBS and Trade Station with violations of Regulation S-ID based on a range of inadequacies in their identity theft red flag policies and...more
8/9/2022
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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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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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On April 16, 2019, Representatives Saine, Jones and Reives introduced House Bill 904, the long anticipated amendments to the North Carolina Identity Theft Protection Act, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 75-61 et seq.. We first wrote about...more
4/17/2019
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Following in the footsteps of California, and the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, the State of Washington is taking steps to adopt a comprehensive privacy law focused on protecting consumer information....more
4/11/2019
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With major consumer data breaches making headlines on a semi-regular basis, legislators around the country are starting to hold businesses more accountable for cybersecurity compliance. Industry-specific laws such as HIPAA...more
2/7/2018
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On the same day that groundhog Punxsutawney Phil predicted an early Spring, the EU College of Commissioners brought some sunshine of its own, announcing yesterday that it has reached an agreement with the U.S. on transfers of...more
The Federal Trade Commission’s PrivacyCon event brings together the FTC, researchers and academics to discuss the latest research and trends related to consumer privacy and data security. Much of the discussion today...more
Cyber-Monday sales weren’t the only good thing that happened for consumers last week. Later in the week a federal judge in Minnesota thwarted Target’s attempt to dismiss a lawsuit brought by banks and credit unions arising...more
In just two years, social media password protection has gone from a privacy advocate’s dream to an employer’s harsh reality in many states. Maryland became the first state (in 2012) to enact legislation that prevented...more
Social media, love it or leave it? Social media has become an indispensable part of business. There is no question that social media is an effective marketing tool. Statistics show that 14% of consumers do not trust...more