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State of US State Comprehensive Privacy Laws

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Following the lead of California and then Virginia, Colorado recently became the third U.S. state to pass a comprehensive law providing its residents with personal data privacy rights. While there is significant overlap...more

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Florida Gone Wild: Back-to-Back “Breaking News” on Privacy Law Leads to No News

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Breaking news out of Florida: On April 21, 2021, the Florida House, in a near unanimous vote, passed the Florida Privacy Protection Act (FPPA). Largely modeled after the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the FPPA would...more

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Florida Businesses Dodge a Data Privacy Bullet - for Now

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Well, it’s over, with a whimper. After months of will-they-or-won’t-they, the Florida legislature went with “won’t” on enacting Florida House Bill 969, the “Florida Privacy Protection Act.” ...more

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Florida’s Consumer Privacy Law Fails to Pass

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On Friday, April 30, Florida’s legislature closed its 2021 session without passing the much anticipated Florida Privacy Act. The Act largely failed to pass due to a disagreement between Florida’s house that wanted a private...more

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T-2 Days: Will the Data Privacy Bill Pass in Florida?

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With just over two full days left in the current Florida legislative session, the Florida House and Senate continue to play tug-of-war over their respective bills for comprehensive data privacy reform in Florida. The Florida...more

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Privacy in the House? An Update on Florida's Data Privacy Statutes

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As the dueling Florida House and Senate consumer data privacy protection bills make their way through various committees in the Florida legislature, April 14, 2021, was the Florida House’s turn for a vote. House Bill 969...more

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An Update on Florida’s Overhaul of Data Privacy Statutes

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On Tuesday, April 6, the Florida Senate Rules Committee substantively amended Senate Bill 1734, which would create the “Florida Privacy Protection Act.” This is the Senate version of the dueling Florida House and Senate...more

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Florida’s Legislature Takes Gigantic Detour in Privacy Law

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Turns out that Florida’s greatest rivalry is not between FSU and UF. Rather, it appears to be between businesses and consumers. At least, that is how it appears to be if you examine the Florida Legislature’s latest...more

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New Colorado Privacy Act

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Like Virginia and Washington before it, on March 19, 2021, Colorado introduced a data privacy bill, the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA). As currently drafted, the CPA would be similar to other U.S. state privacy laws, including...more

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Colorado Joins the Consumer Data Privacy Fray

On March 19, 2021, Colorado joined the growing list of states proposing privacy protections with the introduction of the bipartisan Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) bill, SB21-190, in the Colorado Senate. The CPA, if enacted, would...more

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New CCPA Regulations Issued by California Attorney General

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On March 15, 2021, new regulations published under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) further define how businesses may communicate privacy options on the internet....more

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Virginia Enacts Second Privacy Law in the Nation

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On March 2, 2021, Virginia’s Governor signed into law the Consumer Data Protection Act (“CDPA”). Virginia is the second state in the nation, after California, to enact a privacy law protecting the rights of individual...more

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California AG Tweet draws attention to Global Privacy Control as opt-out mechanism

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In late January, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra tweeted that consumers could use a new technology called the Global Privacy Control (GPC) to opt-out of the sale of their personal information under the California...more

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

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

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Governor Signs Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act

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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

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Privacy Legislation Floodgates Have Opened: Virginia Passes the Consumer Data Protection Act

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Virginia has become the latest state to pass comprehensive privacy legislation as its legislature voted to enact SB 1392, known as the Consumer Data Protection Act (the "Act"). Although many other states have proposed privacy...more

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Virginia Poised to Enact Comprehensive Consumer Privacy Law

Virginia's legislature has set the stage for the Commonwealth to join California as one of two states with comprehensive consumer privacy legislation. The Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA) pulls certain policy...more

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CPRA countdown: New compliance obligations and challenges around “sensitive personal information”

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As we have previously highlighted, the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) creates a new category of personal information, called “sensitive personal information.”  While the CPRA’s predecessor, the California Consumer...more

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Virginia poised to enact comprehensive consumer privacy law

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Virginia is on track to be the second U.S. state to enact comprehensive consumer privacy legislation. Both the Virginia House of Delegates and the Virginia Senate have passed nearly identical versions of the Consumer Data...more

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California’s Consumer Privacy Rights Act: Opt-Out Rights and Data Profiling

With the passage of the Consumer Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), we are presenting several blog articles on different topics related to the new law. We previously wrote about key effective dates and the newly-added definition of...more

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California’s Privacy Rights Act: Expanding and Clarifying the CCPA

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WHAT MATTERS? Is your organization ready for California’s latest privacy rights law, enacted at the end of 2020 – the CPRA? This article addresses some key considerations to help you determine whether your organization may be...more

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California Attorney General Proposes Fourth Set of CCPA Regulation Changes

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The California attorney general released a fourth set of proposed modifications to the California Consumer Privacy Act regulations; notable regulatory changes include a new opt-out button for websites and an offline notice of...more

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Fourth Set of Proposed Modifications to the CCPA Regulations Add an Opt-Out Button for the Sale of Personal Information

On December 11, 2020, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra released the fourth set of proposed modifications to the regulations of the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA). This fourth set of proposed...more

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Is Your Business Collecting COVID-19-Related Employee Data? If so, You May Need to Update Your CCPA Employee Notice

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) requires businesses covered by the CCPA to notify their employees of the categories of personal information the business collects about employees and the purposes for which the...more

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California’s Consumer Privacy Rights Act (CPRA): Key Effective Dates and the Creation of the California Privacy Protection Agency

With the passage of the ballot initiative known as the Consumer Privacy Rights Act (CPRA or Act) in California, we are presenting several blog articles on different topics related to this new law. Last week, we wrote about...more

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