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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
The California Privacy Protection Agency board voted on November 8, 2024, to advance a proposed rulemaking package for, among other things, a proposed regulation to clarify the application of the California Consumer Privacy...more
Employee security awareness training is a best practice and a “reasonable safeguard” for protecting the privacy and security of an organization’s sensitive data. The list of data privacy and cybersecurity laws mandating...more
Last week, the New York legislature passed the New York Health Information Privacy Act (S 929) (the “Act”). If signed into law, the Act will add New York to the list of states that have enacted consumer health data-specific...more
The NJ Data Privacy Act takes effect tomorrow. The New Jersey Data Privacy Act is set to take effect tomorrow, January 15. The NJDPA was signed into law by Gov. Phil Murphy (D) on January 16, 2024. The NJDPA is similar to...more
Although 2024 saw several states enact comprehensive privacy legislation, another year is nearly gone, and we still do not have a comprehensive federal privacy law to resolve the rapidly evolving patchworks of state laws....more
We are moving westward this week from Iowa to Nebraska in our series of articles providing in-depth summaries of state consumer privacy laws taking effect across the nation. Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen (R) signed the...more
Iowa is next up in our series of articles providing in-depth summaries of state consumer privacy laws taking effect across the nation. On March 28, 2023, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds (R) signed into law Senate File 262...more
On November 12, the CFPB released a report analyzing federal and state-level privacy protections for consumer financial data. The current federal framework for financial data privacy relies on the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act...more
On May 24, 2024, Minnesota’s governor signed an omnibus bill, HF4757 which included the new Consumer Data Privacy Act. The state joins Kentucky, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and Rhode Island in passing...more
On June 25, 2024, the governor of Rhode Island transmitted without signature a comprehensive privacy bill, the Rhode Island Data Transparency and Privacy Protection Act (DTPPA), back to the state legislature, which is still...more
On April 17, Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen signed into law the Nebraska Data Privacy Act (the Act), making Nebraska the seventeenth state to enact general consumer data privacy legislation. The Act largely, but not completely,...more
The Georgia Senate voted to pass the Georgia Consumer Privacy Protection Act (SB 473) on Feb. 27th. Although the bill is similar to many other comprehensive state privacy laws, there are some notable distinctions....more
Businesses operating in regulated industries, particularly in the financial services and healthcare sectors, need to ensure they are paying close attention to the details of the exemptions in the increasingly complex...more
On May 11, 2023, Governor Bill Lee signed the Tennessee Information Protection Act (TIPA) into law. Tennessee now joins the rapidly increasing group of states, California, Utah, Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia, Iowa and...more
Florida has joined the growing list of states enacting comprehensive privacy laws. Governor Ron DeSantis (R) signed the Florida Digital Bill of Rights (“FDBR”) into law on June 6th. How does it compare?...more
Washington greatly expanded the protection for consumers’ identifiable health information by enacting the “My Health My Data Act” (MHMDA), in an effort to close the gap between HIPAA protections and the laws protecting the...more
On April 27, the House Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce, a subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, held a hearing entitled “Addressing America’s Data Privacy Shortfalls: How a National Standard...more
The Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) has long been described as the floor for health care privacy laws and that states and regulators are free to enact more restrictive health care privacy laws....more
The world of cybersecurity and privacy have grown exponentially in recent years, both on the federal and state level. A pandemic-driven shift to remote has increased social media interaction and electronic communication, and...more
In 2023, five new state privacy laws will become effective. How will these new laws affect your business? Currently, privacy laws in the United States include a patchwork of state laws as well as some industry- or...more
Auto dealerships that provide financing are subject to the Gramm Leach Bliley Act (GLBA). That’s the old news. What’s new is that GLBA-covered businesses have until December 9 to implement significant changes to their...more
The Connecticut legislature just passed Senator James Maroney's Senate Bill 6, which will provide CCPA-like privacy rights to Connecticut residents. Once signed by the Governor, Connecticut will become the fifth state—after...more
U.S. state legislatures accelerated efforts in 2021 to fill the gap created by the absence of national data privacy legislation. California, Virginia, and Colorado passed or amended data protection laws, and the trend is...more
On July 7, 2021, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed the Colorado Privacy Act (“CPA”) into law, making Colorado the third state to enact comprehensive privacy legislation, following in the footsteps of California and...more