California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Legislative Agendas

Latest Draft Comprehensive Data Privacy Legislation is Released

Paul Hastings LLP on 4/12/2024

Two key members of Congress unveiled the latest iteration of a proposed nationwide comprehensive privacy and data protection bill this past week. House Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Senate...more

What Is at Stake in the Regulation of Artificial Intelligence?

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 1/17/2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) has exploded onto the scene — both the technology and the scramble for laws and regulations to control it. We are often asked what's happening on the AI regulatory front. Here is what we know so...more

Looking Back at Data Privacy Developments in 2021: Part One – the U.S.

Epiq on 1/5/2022

With the start of a new year, it is the perfect time to reflect on major legal movement with consumer privacy last year both in the U.S. and abroad. Data privacy is a hot issue that will continue to trend as more countries...more

Hindsight is 2020: Data Privacy Law Year in Review

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Privacy, Cyber & AI... on 1/5/2021

A year full of firsts, 2020 introduced a number of new consumer data privacy protection laws. While the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is one of the most well-known, other states have also adopted their own privacy...more

Creating a Comprehensive Privacy Law: Perspectives from Government, Industry and Academia

Holland & Knight LLP on 11/4/2020

Holland & Knight Associate Marissa Serafino moderated a panel discussion on Oct. 19, 2020, entitled, "How Do We Create a Comprehensive and Lasting Privacy Law?" The presentation, which was hosted by the Boston Bar Association...more

US Senators Propose COVID-19 Consumer Data Protection Act

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 5/6/2020

At the beginning of 2020, a Federal privacy law, similar to that of GDPR or PIPEDA, was a faint and distant reality. However, in light of some mobile device and other monitoring being considered because of the COVID-19...more

Washington State Considers Consumer Privacy Bill With Controversial Enforcement Provision

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 3/23/2020

Never a dull moment for consumer privacy law, as we get deeper into 2020. With the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) in full effect, states across the nation are scrambling to develop their own version of this...more

Washington State Takes the Lead in CCPA Copycat Legislation Race, Trends Emerge

McDermott Will & Emery on 3/5/2020

Key trends are emerging out of the recently proposed CCPA “copycat” legislation across the United States, and Washington State is leading the charge for stricter data privacy legislation. Businesses should closely monitor the...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - February 2020 #2

Robinson & Cole LLP on 2/14/2020

Ransomware Attacks Predicted to Occur Every 11 Seconds in 2021 with a Cost of $20 Billion - Confirming what we are seeing in the field, cybersecurity firm Cybersecurity Ventures has predicted that, globally, businesses in...more

The Washington Privacy Act – Re-Introduced for 2020 – Is it the Best of CCPA and GDPR?

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 2/13/2020

Washington legislators recently introduced the Washington Privacy Act (WPA). This legislation is a consumer-focused privacy law similar to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) but it also has some EU General Data...more

Getting Prepared for a Decade of Privacy

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 2/13/2020

As we get settled into the reality of living with both CCPA and GDPR, companies are looking for new approaches for keeping their privacy houses in order. CCPA reminds us that there is no end to new legislation: proposals are...more

How Emerging Privacy Laws Are Impacting the Health Care Industry

WilmerHale on 2/10/2020

This second installment assesses options for moving forward to address emerging gaps and an evolving health care industry. Why? Because the substantial history behind the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act...more

The Evolution of US Privacy and Security Law

WilmerHale on 1/30/2020

The United States has always had privacy law. For most of our history it mainly regulated the government in connection with its citizens. About 20 years ago we started modern privacy - presumably why we have Data Privacy...more

Healthcare in the National Privacy Law Debate

WilmerHale on 1/14/2020

Congress is debating whether to enact a national privacy law. Such a law would upend the approach that has been taken so far in connection with privacy law in the United States, which has either been sector specific...more

Washington State to Try Again for a Comprehensive Privacy Law

Hogan Lovells on 1/14/2020

Washington State is already shaping up as a center of state privacy legislation for 2020. Last year, SB 5376 (also known as the Washington Privacy Act, or WPA) gained significant traction in the legislature, passing the...more

Privacy Legislation Trends Connected Car Cos. Should Watch

WilmerHale on 1/3/2020

The automobile industry has been racing full speed ahead in recent years on its quest for increased connectivity and automation, but it may soon find itself swept up in the wave of privacy and data security laws and...more

Cybersecurity 2020 — The Year in Preview: Changes in Health Data Privacy Legislation

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 12/19/2019

Editors’ Note: This is the fourth in our fourth-annual end-of-year series examining important trends in data privacy and cybersecurity in the coming year. Our previous entry discussed the CCPA, energy, and Brexit. Up next:...more

Is A Federal Privacy Law In The Cards for 2020?

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx on 12/12/2019

In May of 2018, the European Union enacted the General Data Protection Rules, or GDPR, a legal framework that outlines not only how companies may collect and process personal information of EU residents, but how that data is...more

Privacy and Data Security Alert | September 2019

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 9/25/2019

California Adds Biometric Restrictions to Data-Breach Law, Potentially Creating a De Facto Biometric Privacy Law Subject to the governor’s signature, California’s breach-notification law will gain additional requirements...more

Tech CEOs to Congress: Please Pass Federal Privacy Law

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 9/11/2019

51 tech company CEOs today signed and sent an open letter to Congress asking for help to hold off and supersede the rising number of state privacy laws growing like weeds. The letter was sent on behalf of the Business...more

Stricter Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Laws May Be Coming Soon to New York: Updates on the SHIELD Act and the New York Privacy...

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP on 7/18/2019

New York is gearing up to enact some of the toughest cybersecurity, privacy and data protection laws in the country. Modeled on the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer...more

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