Montana’s amendments also remove the cure period for alleged violations beginning in October, provide prescriptive methods through which businesses have to provide consumers with targeted advertising opt out rights, and...more
Trends and areas of focus under U.S. state data protection laws emerge as U.S. states with data protection laws in place increase enforcement actions and coordination....more
5/20/2025
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Looking forward to 2025, more U.S. states are in line to pass omnibus data protection laws, enforcement of U.S. state data protection laws is likely to increase, and “sensitive data” concepts will similarly grow and take...more
The Colorado Privacy Act already required prior consent for sensitive personal data, with the amendment now setting forth requirements for purchasing and retaining biometric data.
The Colorado state legislature recently...more
2023 saw a dramatic increase in states passing omnibus data protection laws. As the mid-point of 2024 arrives, effective dates also arrive.
On July 1, 2024, the number of US states with broad, omnibus data protection laws...more
Like Texas’s data protection law, Nebraska’s does not contain a minimum revenue threshold or a minimum number of consumers whose personal data needs to be processed prior to the law applying....more
Kentucky joins the growing trend of U.S. state data protection laws with well over a dozen now in place across the country.
Last year proved to be a huge year in U.S. state data protection law, ending with 13 U.S. states...more
In its first ever enforcement advisory, the CPPA highlighted the key concept of data minimization—specifically focusing on excessive data collected when consumers make requests pursuant to their data privacy rights under the...more
The American Privacy Rights Act of 2024 would establish a national, comprehensive data protection law unifying US businesses under one standard, preempting the well over a dozen U.S. states with laws already in effect. ...more
4/9/2024
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The amended version of the bill—which itself amends Colorado’s Privacy Act—now heads for final passage and governor signature.
The Colorado state legislature is close to final passage of the “Act Concerning Protection the...more
The newly promulgated measures increase the threshold of data triggering security assessments and contract requirements while leaving room for Chinese authorities to heavily restrict cross-border data transfers.
In...more
4/1/2024
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President Biden issued an Executive Order last month calling on the DOJ and relevant government agencies to tighten regulations on bulk data transfers to “countries of concern.” In late February, President Biden issued...more
3/22/2024
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New Hampshire joins New Jersey as the second state passing a data protection law in 2024. New Hampshire is the 15th overall US state to do so.
Last year proved to be a huge year in U.S. state data protection law, ending...more
New Jersey continues the 2023 trend into 2024 of U.S. states quickly passing similar, omnibus data protection laws, becoming the 14th such state to do so.
Last year proved to be a huge year in U.S. state data protection...more
Last year proved to be a big year in data protection with U.S. state data protection laws popping up across the country, the FTC updating its guidance and regulations on everything from data breaches and biometric...more
1/18/2024
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Utah became the fourth U.S. state to pass an omnibus data protection law when the Utah Consumer Privacy Act was signed into law March 24, 2022.
As the page turns to a new year, a new U.S. state data protection law will...more
Global Privacy Controls, vendor management, sensitive personal information, and the use of Ad Tech; new U.S. state data protection laws introduce twists to traditional notions of American data protection law.
In the U.S.,...more
11/17/2023
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This year has proven to be a turning point in the U.S. data protection law landscape with California’s amended data protection law coming into effect and Colorado’s, Connecticut’s, and Virginia’s data protection laws joining...more
The updated California data protection law itself is now in effect and enforceable as of July 1, 2023; however, enforcement of the regulations—which clarify key provisions of the law—is delayed.
Just before full...more
Data Breaches risk legal consequences—both from state and federal governments and consumers, as well as reputational harm.
Last month, MCNA—a dental benefit provider—provided notice of a data breach that exposed the...more
6/8/2023
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Enacted in 2022, the laws in Colorado and Connecticut will now join California’s and Virginia’s laws in placing broad obligations and requirements on businesses’ data collection and use practices.
This year has seen a...more
While States like Illinois, Texas, and Washington focused on opt-in consent; the FTC is focused on clear and conspicuous disclosures and accounting and planning for foreseeable harms related to the collection of biometric...more
Montana and Tennessee are the latest states to pass data protection laws under a “controller” and “processor” model as 2023 is proving to be a year of Privacy and Security overhaul.
With 2023 showing no signs of slowing...more
Like recent new U.S. state data protection laws, the Iowa law creates a “controller” and “processor” regime modeled more so after EU law than the first U.S. state data protection law in California—the CCPA.
On March 15,...more
While the reform is a long way away from a certainty, it represents a departure of the UK from the EU’s strict adherence and adoption of the General Data Protection Regulation which came into effect in 2018.
Earlier this...more
3/22/2023
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