II-26 – Superbowl Concerns, Tax Reform/MeToo, Restrictive Covenant Crimes, and Expanded Religious Discrimination Theories
The New Jersey Data Protection Act (NJDPA), N.J. Stat. § 56:8-166.4 et seq., will go into effect on January 15, 2025, as New Jersey joins eighteen other states with comprehensive data privacy laws. ...more
Twelve new state comprehensive data privacy laws are set to go into effect over the next two years as the United States continues to catch up to foreign jurisdictions like the European Economic Area (EEA), making a total of...more
Minnesota has become the 19th state to pass a comprehensive data privacy law. On May 24, Governor Tim Walz signed into law the Minnesota Consumer Privacy Act (H.F. 4757) (the “MCPA”), which takes effect July 31, 2025....more
The final weeks for many state legislatures have witnessed significant movements in the U.S. data privacy landscape. Last month, Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen signed the Data Privacy Act, LB1074, into law....more
2023 saw a dramatic increase in states passing omnibus data protection laws. As the mid-point of 2024 arrives, effective dates also arrive. On July 1, 2024, the number of US states with broad, omnibus data protection laws...more
Like Texas’s data protection law, Nebraska’s does not contain a minimum revenue threshold or a minimum number of consumers whose personal data needs to be processed prior to the law applying....more
U.S. privacy laws continue to develop in the new year, as several jurisdictions have enacted and updated privacy legislation. There are now 15 states with comprehensive data privacy laws: California, Colorado, Connecticut,...more
A California court recently ruled that enforcement of the California Privacy Protection Act (CPPA/CPRA) regulations should begin immediately, following a stay of enforcement proceedings by the court....more
On April 27, 2023, the Washington State governor signed into law the My Health My Data Act or the MHMDA. In spite of the onerous and at times confusing requirements of the MHMDA, the Washington Attorney General (AG) has only...more
On January 4, 2023, the New Hampshire House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 255 (the “Act”) with amendments, setting the stage for New Hampshire to become the latest state with a comprehensive privacy law....more
Last year, Connecticut became the fifth state to enact comprehensive legislation with respect to consumer privacy. The Connecticut Data Privacy Act (“DPA”) becomes effective on July 1st and applies to businesses that...more
Indiana continues the 2023 trend of Midwest States enacting data protection laws under a “controller” and “processor” model. On April 13, 2023 the Indiana state legislature passed the Indiana Consumer Data Protection Law...more
In 2023, a number of state data protection laws will be coming into effect and a number of entities who previously were not subject to data security and data privacy obligations will soon be within the scope of these laws....more
The Employee Data Exemptions that existed in the original CCPA will no longer be effective in 2023 as the scope of the data protection law expands under the CPRA. In November 2020, California residents voted to adopt the...more