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Expansion of Connecticut Data Privacy Act

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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

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Pennsylvania Amends Breach Notification Law

Pennsylvania recently amended its data breach notification law to expand its definition of personal information and provide for a HIPAA exception. The process for providing notice in the event of a username/email breach has...more

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AB 713 – CCPA’s New De-Identification Amendment is Effective as of January 1 and May Require Operational Changes

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Although it received little notice, the CCPA was amended effective January 1, 2021 to clarify and modify the exemption relating to de-identified data, with particular focus on medical data.  Specifically, AB 713 amended the...more

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HITECH Act Amended to Give Businesses Brownie Points for Certain HIPAA Security Programs

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On Jan. 5, 2021, the President signed into law H.R. 7898, which provides even more incentive for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)-covered entities and business associates to develop robust security...more

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California Privacy Update: California Legislature Extends CCPA Employee and B2B Exemptions and Passes Laws Regulating Health and...

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In a flurry of legislative activity, the California legislature passed a number of last-minute privacy bills that now await the signature of Governor Gavin Newsom in order to go into effect. As was expected, the California...more

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Proposed Regulations and Recent Amendments Clarify Compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act as Effective Date Looms

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The California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”) is poised to become the strongest consumer privacy law in the United States when it goes into effect on January 1, 2020. The CCPA affords consumers unprecedented rights in...more

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CCPA Amendments – What did California Actually Do?

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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

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California’s Groundbreaking Privacy Law Amended: What Do Employers Need To Know?

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Governor Gavin Newsom just signed into law two amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) that will have a direct impact on employers doing business in the state. The new amendments, signed on October 11, 2019...more

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Client Alert: Nevada’s Amended Internet Privacy Law Imposes New Requirements on Websites

State privacy laws are proliferating. Companies doing business through the Internet must keep abreast of these many developments and adapt website disclosures to accommodate all the new laws’ distinctions, since applicability...more

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Nevada Imposes October 2019 Deadline to Implement New Privacy Restrictions on the Sale of Personal Data

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While businesses have been focused on meeting the looming January 1, 2020 deadline of the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA"), Nevada just ratchetted up the heat by imposing an earlier October 2, 2019 deadline for...more

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Potentially Expanded Private Right of Action Increases Risk of Class Action Exposure Under the California Consumer Privacy Act

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Looking Back - the California Consumer Privacy Act, and How We Got Here - As companies were getting up-to-speed on the effects of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) last year, California quickly...more

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California’s New Privacy Act: Update on Amendments

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In July, we published a client alert answering key questions about the CCPA. However, state lawmakers have made additional changes to the law since then. Below is an updated overview showing the amendments in bold...more

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State Data Breach Notification Statutes: A Year in Review and Preparing for 2017

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Following on the heels of an active 2015, where eight states enacted changes to their data breach notification laws, another five states amended their statutes in 2016, adding complexity to the current “patchwork” system of...more

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Locke Lord QuickStudy: Montana and Wyoming Update Data Breach Laws

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Montana and Wyoming have recently revised their data breach notification laws including their definitions of what constitutes Personally Identifiable Information (PII) subject to breach notification. ...more

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