On January 22, the New York state legislature passed Senate Bill S929, known as the New York Health Information Privacy Act (HIPA or the “Act”). The bill will next move to the New York governor for signature....more
2024 was another year of substantial legislative and regulatory advances at the international, federal, and state levels with regard to data protection law. Artificial intelligence (AI) regulation continued to hurdle forward...more
1/16/2025
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On June 13, the Rhode Island legislature passed the Rhode Island Data Transparency and Privacy Protection Act (RIDTPPA) (H. 7787/S. 2500), with the bill passing into law on June 29....more
In the past several weeks, the Minnesota governor has signed into law the Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act, while the Vermont Data Privacy Act has been passed by the legislature and awaits the governor’s signature. Both of...more
The 2024 state legislative season is drawing to a close with several notable developments on the comprehensive privacy law front. Since our last update, the Maryland Online Data Privacy Act and Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy...more
As we move closer to the end of many states’ legislative sessions, a number of comprehensive privacy law proposals continue to work their way through the legislative process. Since our last update, Nebraska became the...more
On April 2, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA or “the Agency”) issued the Agency’s first-ever enforcement advisory. The advisory (“Applying Data Minimization to Consumer Requests”) reaffirms data minimization as...more
The opening weeks of spring have seen comprehensive privacy law proposals continue to progress in state legislatures across the country. Since our last update, the Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act (HB 15) received a...more
As we progress deeper into the 2024 legislative session, developments in the comprehensive privacy law arena have continued apace. In the weeks since our last update, New Hampshire formally joined the ranks of states with...more
On March 11, the Kentucky Senate passed the Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act (KCDPA or the “Act”) (House Bill 15) by a unanimous 35-0 vote. Upon House concurrence and the governor’s signature, the Act would become the...more
In the weeks since our last update, we have seen continued progress in several state legislatures on comprehensive privacy legislation. Most notably, legislative chambers in West Virginia, Kentucky, and Georgia have passed...more
The early weeks of 2024 have seen continued activity on the state comprehensive privacy law front. Since our last update, at least 11 new comprehensive privacy bills have been proposed. In particular, Georgia, Hawaii,...more
2/23/2024
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On February 1, Connecticut Attorney General (AG) William Tong released a report detailing the AG’s initial efforts to enforce the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA or “the Act”) and providing recommendations on how the Act...more
2/13/2024
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Following a busy 2023 in which seven states enacted comprehensive privacy laws, we entered this year expecting additional activity on this front across state legislatures. The opening weeks of 2024 have not disappointed. Most...more
On December 8, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA or “the Agency”) held a public Board meeting to discuss a range of topics, including proposed regulations on cybersecurity audits, risk assessments, and automated...more
Earlier this year, Texas and Oregon each passed a data broker registration law, joining California and Vermont to double the number of states that have enacted such legislation. Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed SB 2105 into...more
Over the past year, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has emerged as a leading actor in the health privacy enforcement space, spearheading enforcement actions, policy statements, and regulatory changes all aimed at...more
8/7/2023
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As we move into the summer months, state comprehensive privacy law developments continue to steadily emerge. Most notably, in the weeks since our last update, the Texas legislature passed the Texas Data Privacy and Security...more
On May 31, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) announced two separate enforcement actions against Amazon—one involving its cloud-based voice service, Alexa, and the other involving Ring, its smart doorbell...more
6/7/2023
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The weeks since our last update have seen continued developments in the state comprehensive privacy law arena. Bills passed by the Indiana, Tennessee, and Montana legislatures were officially signed into law by those states’...more
On May 4, the Florida House passed an amended version of SB 262, a bill establishing the Florida Digital Bill of Rights. The bill now moves to Governor Ron DeSantis’s desk for signature. ...more
This legislative session has been marked by the continuing growth of the nation’s patchwork of state comprehensive privacy laws, and the weeks since our last update have been no exception. April saw state legislatures in...more
On Friday, April 21, the Montana and Tennessee state legislatures approved comprehensive privacy law proposals. In Montana, the state senate passed an amended version of the Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act (SB 384) in a...more
On Monday, April 17, the Washington House passed an amended version of the My Health My Data Act (HB 1155) (the “Act”), a bill that would impose sweeping new requirements on the collection, processing, and sale of consumer...more
The past two weeks have seen continued progress on proposed comprehensive privacy legislation across multiple states. Most notably, on March 28, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed SF 262 into law, officially making Iowa the...more