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In a significant enforcement move, California’s consumer privacy regulator just ordered a national clothing retailer to pay a $345,178 fine to resolve alleged violations of the state’s privacy law. The California Privacy...more
Introduction - Most businesses are aware of historical restrictions or limitations on selling personal information to third parties for monetary consideration....more
With a continued lack of progress on federal privacy legislation, state Attorney Generals are emphasizing the importance of protecting consumers and their right to opt out of sharing and selling their personal information....more
Earlier this month, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it had finalized changes to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Rule to set new requirements around the collection, use, and disclosure of...more
On January 1, 2025, five states’ consumer privacy rights laws will go into effect. Is your business ready? Have you determined if these laws apply to your business?...more
Privacy laws bring substantial compliance challenges for every organization that collects, processes, stores, and transfers personal data anywhere in the world. For legal departments, compliance professionals and internal...more
Most businesses are aware of historical restrictions or limitations on selling personal information to third parties for monetary consideration. Perhaps less familiar are recent state laws giving consumers the right to tell...more
On Tuesday this week, Montana’s new consumer protections law took effect, joining many other states with similar consumer privacy rights legislation....more
Throughout the 2024 legislative session, we have been tracking numerous privacy- and AI-related bills pending in California. Ten of those bills passed the state legislature before the legislative session ended on August 31...more
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has welcomed X’s agreement to suspend its processing of certain personal data for the purpose of training its AI chatbot tool, Grok. This comes after the DPC issued suspension...more
Keypoint: The California legislature enters into the final week of its session with many bills still under consideration. We are currently tracking thirteen privacy and AI-related bills that previously crossed chambers prior...more
On 17 April, 2024, Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen signed into law omnibus Legislative Bill 1074, which includes the Nebraska Data Privacy Act, making Nebraska the seventeenth state to adopt comprehensive data privacy...more
Nebraska’s governor has now signed into law the state’s “comprehensive” privacy law making it the fourth one this year, and the 17th overall. It will take effect on January 1, 2025 – the same day as Delaware, Iowa, and New...more
The U.S. is taking another swing at a federal data privacy law with the American Privacy Rights Act, or APRA. While there’s no guarantee that the APRA will become the law of the land, it’s still worthwhile to study in order...more
2023 was a record-breaking year, with legislators in Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Montana, Oregon, Tennessee and Texas passing comprehensive data privacy laws, joining California, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah and Virginia. Already...more
On April 5, 2024 members of U.S. Congress released a draft bipartisan, bicameral federal privacy bill, the American Privacy Rights Act. In a press release, the stated goal of this legislation is to be “a national data privacy...more
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and U.S. Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) have made a breakthrough by agreeing on a bipartisan data privacy legislation proposal. The legislation aims to address concerns related...more
The proliferation of state consumer privacy laws continues into 2024. On March 6, 2024, New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu signed SB255, the New Hampshire Privacy Act (NHPA), making New Hampshire the 14th state to enact a...more
The California Attorney General (“AG”) recently delivered (pun very much intended) a public CCPA enforcement action against DoorDash, its second following the 2022 settlement with Sephora. The DoorDash action stems from a...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
Last week, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a new enforcement focus on streaming apps’ failure to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). This investigation will examine whether streaming...more
State-level privacy laws in the United States continue to develop at a dizzying pace and it is understandably difficult to keep track of what takes effect when. Below we’ve outlined the statutes and regulations taking effect...more
On July 1, 2024, Florida’s Digital Bill of Rights, Oregon’s Consumer Privacy Act, and the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act will take effect. And on October 1, 2024, Montana’s Consumer Data Privacy Act will become law. ...more
A bipartisan coalition of 19 AGs filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in support of Google users who alleged that the company violated privacy agreements and used their personal...more
The Colorado Department of Law has published its Universal Opt-Out Shortlist under the Colorado Privacy Act (“CPA”). This is eagerly awaited guidance for organizations who are subject to the CPA as the guidance provides...more