On May 24, 2024, Governor Walz signed into law the Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act (MNCDPA). This landmark law is the first set of comprehensive consumer privacy standards specific to Minnesota residents. The law will...more
Minnesota is now the latest state to take strides towards enacting an omnibus consumer data privacy law. On February 22, 2021, the “Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act” was introduced as HF 1492 by Rep. Steve Elkins (DFL)...more
On July 16, 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered a surprise blow to trans-Atlantic economic relations by invaliding the EU-US Privacy Shield arrangement, again putting data transfers from the EU...more
The compliance deadline of January 1, 2020, for the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 is rapidly approaching. Are you prepared?
In June 2018, the California State Legislature passed the California Consumer Privacy Act...more
Winthrop & Weinstine attorney Nadeem Schwen discusses the Collection #1 data breach, and how individuals and businesses can protect themselves from risk.
One of the single largest public data breaches in history was recently...more
On October 3, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a Public Notice seeking comment on the meaning of an “automatic telephone dialing system” or “autodialer” under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)....more
The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 is coming. How will you prepare?
Four months after the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) burst onto the data privacy scene in May, many businesses are still scrambling to...more
The far-reaching European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) takes effect on May 25, 2018. Yet, with only six weeks to go, many companies are still unaware that their businesses must comply with the GDPR or face large...more