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State Comprehensive Privacy Law Update - March 2025

WilmerHale on 3/10/2025

As the legislative season continues, some states, like Georgia and Oklahoma, have continued to progress in the efforts to establish a comprehensive data privacy law while others, such as Alabama, Illinois, and Massachusetts,...more

Low-Budget, High-Impact Ways to Reduce Privacy and Cybersecurity Risks in 2025‎

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC on 3/3/2025

Know What Laws Apply - Privacy and security laws, particularly in the U.S., have changed dramatically in the last few years. It’s not surprising many leaders are unsure which new laws or updated regulations apply to their...more

RegFi Episode 31: The Road Ahead for Financial Services Data Privacy Regulation

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 5/9/2024

Orrick Partner Beth McGinn joins RegFi co-hosts Jerry Buckley and Sasha Leonhardt for our second episode focused on the proposed American Privacy Rights Act and its potential impact on the financial services industry. Beth...more

Are You Ready? How CCPA-Regulated Businesses Can Plan for Compliance with California’s Forthcoming Cybersecurity Regulations

McCarter & English, LLP on 12/5/2023

The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) released initial draft regulations for cybersecurity audits (which have since been amended) and risk assessments late this summer. The agency’s board of directors addressed the...more

Preparing for New State Privacy Laws in 2024

Paul Hastings LLP on 11/1/2023

As we enter into the final few months of the year, it is important for companies operating in the United States to not only assess the implementation of the compliance requirements for the four new comprehensive state privacy...more

The Crucial Role of U.S. Privacy Laws on Unregulated Generative AI

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC on 9/27/2023

Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems like ChatGPT and Google’s Bard have been widely successful and used in applications ranging from science, law, art, business, and even medicine. Generative AI has been called a...more

[Webcast Transcript] The State of US Privacy Law: What to Expect in 2023 and Beyond

HaystackID on 10/12/2022

Editor’s Note: On September 29, 2022, HaystackID shared an educational webcast on the topic of US privacy law. As privacy continues to move to the forefront of not only information consideration but of business concern for...more

CFPB Scrutinizes Inadequate Data Protection Measures

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP on 9/14/2022

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) recently issued Consumer Financial Protection Circular 2022-04, confirming its increased focus on financial companies that violate federal consumer financial protection law...more

Celebrating National Data Privacy Day by Noting Recent Developments in the Law

Bilzin Sumberg on 1/28/2022

Today (January 28, 2022), is National Data Privacy Day. While not a day of celebration with cards or gifts, the day does provide an opportunity to check in on the developments in consumer data privacy across the United...more

FTC Finalizes Updated Safeguards Rule Under GLBA to Dramatically Expand Data Security Requirements and Scope of Rule

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 11/2/2021

Until now, companies primarily regulated by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) were given only vague directives to implement systems sufficient to safeguard customer data, coupled with FTC “recommendations” as to best...more

Changes in Connecticut’s Data Privacy Laws – But Not As Drastic As It Could Have Been

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 6/28/2021

At the close of Connecticut’s 2021 legislative session, a pair of data protection/cybersecurity related bills made their way to Governor Ned Lamont’s desk, while a CCPA-like omnibus privacy law falling one floor vote short. ...more

States’ Safe Harbor Defense For Data Security Breaches Signals Possible Trend

Lowenstein Sandler LLP on 4/12/2021

We are now seeing a potential trend where states are incentivizing companies through the creation of safe harbors to improve their cybersecurity posture, instead of penalizing them after a breach of personal information. Utah...more

Utah Gets A New Data Breach Defense Law

Husch Blackwell LLP on 3/30/2021

Keypoint: New Utah law creates incentive for businesses to develop and implement a written cybersecurity program to protect themselves against data breach lawsuits. On March 11, 2021, Utah governor Spencer Cox signed the...more

Oklahoma House Passes Computer Data Privacy Act

Husch Blackwell LLP on 3/5/2021

Keypoint: Although weakened from its original version, the Oklahoma bill would (if enacted) provide substantial privacy rights to Oklahoma residents and, in some respects, provide more privacy protections than found in the...more

CCPA Regulations: To Whom Does The Gramm Leach Bliley Carve-Out Apply?

Fox Rothschild LLP on 7/13/2020

Comments to the final California Consumer Privacy Act regulations asked if the CCPA carve-out regarding the Gramm Leach Bliley Act (GLBA), the data protection law governing US financial institutions, applies to: ...more

New York State Expected to Increase Enforcement of Cybersecurity Practices

Hogan Lovells on 2/26/2020

Companies should take note of two imminent developments in New York in the area of cybersecurity regulation: enforcement of the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) Cybersecurity Regulation (Regulation) and the...more

Privacy and Data Security: 2020 Considerations for the Insurance Industry

McDermott Will & Emery on 2/7/2020

To stay ahead of the new privacy and data security requirements, such as CCPA and recent data security state laws, insurers need to take steps now to navigate the increasingly complex regulatory landscape. This article...more

Florida’s Proposed Privacy Legislation: An In-Depth Analysis for Corporate Counsel

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 1/28/2020

The Florida Senate and House of Representatives are considering two bills (SB 1670 and HB 963) that, if adopted, will amend Florida law to create the state’s first comprehensive privacy law (though they do not go nearly as...more

New York Increases Breach Notification and Security Responsibilities

Foley & Lardner LLP on 9/30/2019

New York State has enacted S5575, the Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act (“SHIELD Act”). This new law amends New York General Business Code 899-aa and adds Section 899-bb to significantly expand consumer...more

Changes are Coming to New York’s Data Breach Notification and Security Requirements

Sands Anderson PC on 9/5/2019

New York recently enacted important changes to its data breach notification requirements (Breach Requirements) and created a statutory obligation to maintain reasonable data security (Security Requirements). Under the new...more

Nevada Adds New Opt-Out Right to State Consumer Privacy Law

Blank Rome LLP on 8/24/2019

Nevada has followed in the footsteps of California and its enactment of the game-changing California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”) with a significant enhancement to the state’s own consumer privacy law. Known as...more

Jones Day Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update | Vol. 22

Jones Day on 5/16/2019

UNITED STATES - Regulatory—Policy, Best Practices, and Standards - NIST Director Discusses Future Development of Cybersecurity Framework - On March 4, the director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology...more

State Data Breach Notification Laws - January 2019

Foley & Lardner LLP on 1/29/2019

While most state data breach notification statutes contain similar components, there are important differences, meaning a one-size-fits-all approach to notification will not suffice. What’s more, as data breaches continue to...more

Ohio Enacts First Cybersecurity Safe Harbor

Womble Bond Dickinson on 11/7/2018

Tacking an entirely new direction from other US states, Ohio has decided to offer defensive legal protection to businesses who have built a cybersecurity regime around well-known industry standards, even where those...more

Happy Data Privacy Day! A Few Tips from the MVA Privacy and Data Security Group

Moore & Van Allen PLLC on 1/30/2017

Saturday January 28, 2017 is Data Privacy Day. The Moore & Van Allen Privacy and Data Security group took a break from the pre-holiday revelries to put together some thoughts and tips for DataPoints. So hoist a glass and...more

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