What happens to sensitive personal information shared by consumers when the company collecting that information encounters financial distress? That exact issue is currently front and center in the Chapter 11 proceedings of...more
A new California investigative sweep into the location data industry focuses on whether businesses have violated state law relating to the consumers’ right to limit how their personal information – including their geolocation...more
We have seen a dizzying amount of Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Agency) enforcement on the privacy front in 2024, with a heavy focus on the collection and sharing of health data, browsing and geolocation data, and...more
In the past several weeks, the Minnesota governor has signed into law the Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act, while the Vermont Data Privacy Act has been passed by the legislature and awaits the governor’s signature. Both of...more
On March 20, 2024 the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approved a privacy-related bill, H.R. 7520 (the “Data Broker Bill).” This comes on the heels of another privacy-related bill approved by the House on March 13,...more
The FTC’s second attempt to pursue the data broker, Kochava, continues to move forward. The amended complaint, which was just unsealed and thus available for the public to review, gives insight into the agency’s perspective...more
On September 12, 2023, Delaware governor John Carney signed the Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act (the “DPDPA” or the “Act”) into law. The DPDPA protects the privacy rights of consumers in Delaware and regulates the...more
As with a growing number of states, Connecticut passed a comprehensive consumer privacy law, the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (the “CTDPA”), on May 10, 2022. The CTDPA becomes effective on July 1, 2023 and, in spite of the...more
On June 2, the Connecticut state legislature passed an amended version of Senate Bill 3 (“SB 3”), a bill containing provisions imposing new requirements related to consumer health data and children’s online protection. The...more
The Florida Digital Bill of Rights (FDBR) was signed into law by Governor Ron DeSantis on June 6, 2023, making Florida the tenth state to enact a consumer data privacy law along with California, Virginia, Colorado,...more