California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), State and Local Government, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Regulation of AI Systems is Already Here – Look to Data Protection Laws

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 6/5/2023

As the scramble continues to reckon with the rapid advancement of generative artificial intelligence models like ChatGPT, Bard, DALL-E, and MidJourney, and the promise of other AI and machine learning systems (for simplicity,...more

State Data Privacy Law Development Proceeds Apace

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 5/4/2023

2023 is turning out to be the year of the state privacy law, including new laws in five states with the possibility of more to come. Indeed, in recent days both Indiana and Iowa have likewise passed new statutes, which we...more

GDPR and U.S. States' General Privacy Laws Deskbook

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/18/2023

California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020) and Related Regulations - 1798.100 General Duties of Businesses that Collect Personal Information - (a) A business that...more

Federalism Rankles National Privacy Debate: California Weighs in on the proposed American Data Protection and Privacy Act

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 8/9/2022

As states have continued to debate and pass new comprehensive privacy statutes – such as those in Virginia and Colorado – a common refrain from business leaders is the need for a comprehensive federal privacy statute that...more

And Then There Were Three: Colorado Passes Privacy Law, Effective July 2023

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 7/14/2021

Colorado recently joined Virginia and California in passing a more comprehensive privacy law. The Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) will go into effect July 1, 2023. This is six months after Virginia’s law (CDPA) and California’s...more

Virginia Passes Comprehensive Data Privacy Law

Moore & Van Allen PLLC on 3/11/2021

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

From Coast to Coast: Virginia Passes First Consumer Data Protection Act Since the CCPA

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 3/4/2021

Following in the footsteps of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the Commonwealth of Virginia has become the second U.S. state to enact comprehensive consumer data protection legislation. ...more

Governor Signs Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act

Woods Rogers on 3/3/2021

Elizabeth Burgin Waller Principal John Pilch Cybersecurity/Privacy Analyst The Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA, or “the Act”) makes Virginia the second state in the nation to have sweeping data privacy...more

Privacy Moves to the East Coast: Virginia Set to Enact Comprehensive Consumer Data Protection Law

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 2/8/2021

Virginia is primed to become the next U.S. state to pass comprehensive data-privacy legislation with striking similarities to the California Consumers Privacy Act (CCPA), the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), and the...more

Washington, New York, and Minnesota Introduce New Privacy Laws to Begin the New Year

Perkins Coie on 1/28/2021

It’s a new year and it looks like 2021 is going to be another eventful one for privacy. In the past few weeks, we’ve seen several states introduce new privacy legislation, starting with Washington. On January 5, the...more

Emerging Issues in Cannabis and Privacy

Foley Hoag LLP - Cannabis and the Law on 1/8/2021

Though the final results of the 2020 presidential race took a few days to become clear, it was obvious by the morning of November 4 that cannabis legalization had run the table: from deep red Montana, South Dakota, and...more

Cybersecurity 2021 – The Year in Preview: Emerging Issues in Cannabis and Privacy

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 12/30/2020

Editors’ Note: This is the second in our fifth-annual end-of-year series examining important trends in data privacy and cybersecurity in the coming year. Read our previous post on Energy. Though the final results of the...more

Steps for Proactive CPRA Compliance

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 12/17/2020

California voters signaled that privacy is a top priority by overwhelmingly approving Proposition 24 on Nov. 3, 2020—the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). The CPRA amends and significantly strengthens the recently enacted...more

California’s Proposition 24 – CCPA 2.0 Meets the California GDPR

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 10/30/2020

Proposition 24 is known as the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA). It is on the ballot in California on November 3, and if it passes it will amend and expand certain provisions of the California Consumer Privacy Act...more

Revised, Washington State Privacy Legislation Moves Forward

Fox Rothschild LLP on 9/14/2020

The Washington Privacy Act is back and now includes provisions for handling personal data during a public health emergency such as a pandemic. Its provisions are closer to the European Union’s General Data Privacy...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

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

California Consumer Privacy Act: A Reference Guide for Compliance

Carlton Fields on 10/22/2019

California passed a sweeping new privacy law that will impact many businesses. The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) is the first U.S. law to grant consumers extensive rights as to their personal information and...more

California Sunshine — The California Consumer Privacy Act (Part I of II)

The Volkov Law Group on 8/20/2019

When the federal government fails to assume responsibility for establishing law and policy in important federal areas of jurisdiction, the individual states then spring into action to fill the vacuum. ...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

Nevada Consumers Can Now Opt-Out of a Sale of Personal Information

Polsinelli on 6/6/2019

On May 29, 2019, Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak signed into law Senate Bill 220 (SB 220), which allows a Nevada consumer to “opt-out” of the sale of his or her personal information to a third party. ...more

Privacy and Data Security Alert | June 2019

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 6/5/2019

The California Consumer Privacy Act: The Next Frontier - The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) has been called the beginning of America’s GDPR. As the most comprehensive privacy law in the United States, entities...more

Privacy and Data Security Client Alert | March 2019

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 3/25/2019

Florida Introduces BIPA Legislation - A Florida state senator has introduced an identical version of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA)....more

Somebody's Watching EU: Washington State Senate Passes Privacy Legislation Similar to European Union's Data Privacy Regulations

Bracewell LLP on 3/12/2019

Washington could be the next U.S. state to enact consumer privacy legislation similar to the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). On Wednesday, the Washington state senate overwhelmingly approved the Washington...more

As CCPA Effective Date Draws Nearer, Hearings Highlight Potentially Increased Liability Risks

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 3/4/2019

The U.S. privacy law scene continues to become more complex. In the lead-up to the California Consumer Privacy Act’s (CCPA) January 1, 2020 effective date, at least seven additional states have pending comprehensive privacy...more

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