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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

2024 Wrap-Up of the Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 1/2/2025

As the year comes to a close here are some of the highlights from the Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report with our most popular topics and posts from 2024. Expanding State Privacy Laws- This year saw a...more

CFPB’s Chopra discusses privacy concerns and floats FCRA proposal

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 9/30/2024

On September 19, CFPB Director Rohit Chopra delivered prepared remarks highlighting national security concerns related to the abuse and misuse of personal data. As previously covered by InfoBytes, Chopra emphasized President...more

CFPB Announces Potential FCRA Expansion Targeting Brokers of Consumer Data

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/8/2024

On April 2, at an event at the White House on Data Protection and National Security, CFPB Director Rohit Chopra’s articulated potential changes to the data security regulation landscape and noted that the Bureau is...more

More Privacy, Please – February 2024

Troutman Pepper Locke on 3/7/2024

Editor’s Note: In recent regulatory and enforcement developments, the White House announced a new executive order aimed at strengthening cybersecurity at U.S. ports, and another executive order was issued to protect sensitive...more

California Delete Act: An Aggressive New Approach to Regulating Data Brokers

Troutman Pepper Locke on 10/20/2023

On October 10, Governor Newsom signed the Delete Act ( SB 362) into law, which amends California's current data broker law to impose extensive additional disclosure and registration requirements on data brokers, and to...more

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Announces Sweeping Rulemaking for Companies That Collect and Furnish Personal Data

Jones Day on 8/28/2023

On August 15, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB") announced it was launching a rulemaking aimed at subjecting any company or entity that collects and sells consumer data to the Fair Credit Reporting Act...more

White House to Host Meeting on Data Brokering Industry as CFPB Promises New Regulations

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 8/18/2023

The White House hosted a roundtable meeting Tuesday on the data brokering industry as a part of an administration-wide push toward strengthening America’s consumer privacy landscape. The meeting brought together researchers,...more

Mintz May Madness: Comprehensive Data Privacy Laws Sweeping the Nation

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 5/4/2023

Indiana's New Law is on the Books - Last month, three more state legislatures passed comprehensive data privacy laws. Just this week, Indiana’s governor signed one of them - the Indiana Consumer Data Privacy Act (“ICDPA’) -...more

Iowa Is The Sixth U.S. State That Enacts Data Privacy Law

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 3/31/2023

Iowa is now the sixth state in the U.S. to adopt a comprehensive privacy law that aims to give consumers more control over protecting their personal data. Signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) on Tuesday, Senate File 262 was...more

CCPA Amendments – What did California Actually Do?

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 10/18/2019

The rush for California to get all of the “rules of the road” ready for next year has seemed to cause a bit of confusion with California’s privacy law. Draft regulations were published the same day the Governor signed into...more

State Legislature Hears Concerns About Proposed Massachusetts Consumer Data Privacy Bill

Pierce Atwood LLP on 10/14/2019

On October 7, 2019, the Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure held a hearing on pending legislation, including An Act Relative to Consumer Data Privacy (S.120). Modeled on the California Consumer...more

The Results Are in: Modest Changes to CCPA Await the Governor’s Signature

Hogan Lovells on 9/25/2019

Since the California Consumer Privacy Act’s (CCPA) hasty passage in June last year and minor changes last September, the CCPA has vexed businesses working on compliance. Among many practical challenges, the CCPA often...more

Washington State Legislature Moves Toward Passage of Broad Consumer Data Privacy Law

Moore & Van Allen PLLC on 4/11/2019

Following in the footsteps of California, and the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, the State of Washington is taking steps to adopt a comprehensive privacy law focused on protecting consumer information....more

California’s Consumer Privacy Act – The Beginning of a National Data Privacy Law?

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 7/5/2018

California enacted the California Consumer Privacy Act on June 28, 2018. This law broadly expands the rights of California residents in their personal information collected through online means. The law imposes requirements...more

California Enacts Sweeping Consumer Privacy Law

WilmerHale on 7/3/2018

On June 28, 2018, California enacted the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), a sweeping privacy law that provides consumers with broad notice, access, and deletion rights concerning many types of personal...more

NAIC Cybersecurity Task Force Adopts Cybersecurity Bill of Rights

Foley & Lardner LLP on 11/5/2015

On October 14, 2015, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Cybersecurity Task Force adopted the Cybersecurity Bill of Rights, a document meant to inform consumers of the services they can expect from...more

Data privacy in the Americas - At a glance

FordHarrison on 10/16/2015

As multinational employers are aware, data privacy laws can vary greatly from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Ensuring compliance with the different requirements can be challenging, and the penalties for noncompliance can be...more

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