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On May 24, 2024, Minnesota’s governor signed the 18th comprehensive state privacy law since California enacted the first comprehensive data privacy legislation in 2018. The Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act (“MCDPA”) will...more
On May 9, 2024, Maryland Governor Wes Moore signed into law Senate Bill 541 (the "Maryland Online Data Privacy Act") making Maryland the eighteenth state to adopt comprehensive data privacy legislation in the United States...more
So far 2024 has seen a flurry of new and proposed state comprehensive privacy legislation. Nebraska and Kentucky are the two latest states to jump on the bandwagon. Both follow the now familiar framework established by the...more
On March 6, 2024, New Hampshire joined the steadily expanding number of states adopting a comprehensive data privacy law, when Governor Chris Sununu signed SB 225 (the "New Hampshire Privacy Act"). The law will take effect...more
Proposed American Privacy Rights Act of 2024 seeks to establish national consumer data privacy rights, govern Artificial Intelligence and automated decision-making, impose additional obligations on high-impact social media...more
Consult our interactive state privacy law map to learn more about all of the enacted state consumer privacy laws. Kentucky may soon join the expanding list of states with comprehensive privacy laws. Kentucky House Bill...more
The key provisions of the Oregon Consumer Privacy Act (the OCPA) will take effect on July 1, 2024. The OCPA provides Oregonians with a number of important privacy rights with regard to their data, and sets forth specific...more
On March 6, New Hampshire joined the growing list of states that have enacted a comprehensive consumer privacy statute when Governor Chris Sununu signed into law Senate Bill 255 (the Act). Generally, the Act follows the...more
Following an eventful 2023, we expect that many recent legislative and enforcement trends will persist, making 2024 a similarly impactful year in the development of U.S. privacy law. These trends include but are not limited...more
On January 18, 2024, the New Hampshire Senate passed by voice vote SB255, the New Hampshire Privacy Act (NHPA), amended by the New Hampshire House of Representatives. The bill will head to Governor Chris Sununu’s desk. After...more
This year has been active on the state “comprehensive” privacy law front. Seven states passed new laws in 2023 (Delaware, Iowa, Indiana, Tennessee, Montana, Florida, and Oregon). These states joined California, Connecticut,...more
When thinking about privacy notice obligations, companies often -incorrectly- leap to the wording in their privacy policies. The new comprehensive state privacy laws are a reminder that notice obligations are a bit broader...more
With a little less than a week before the next US state “comprehensive” privacy laws (Colorado and Connecticut) go into effect, many are reviewing existing practices. One that keeps coming up is the concept of “profiling.” As...more
With January well in the rear view mirror, companies are setting their privacy compliance sights on the next two laws to come into effect on July 1, 2023: Colorado and Connecticut. Knowing, of course, that Utah (December 31,...more
Following closely behind Iowa’s new privacy law, on April 20, Indiana passed its consumer privacy act (SB 5) (Privacy Act), making the state the seventh to adopt what is generally considered a comprehensive consumer privacy...more
We said it earlier this month: With many state legislative sessions coming to an end, we were likely to see a push by states to finish up debates and votes on consumer privacy laws, and now you can count Tennessee (and...more
We said it earlier this month: With many state legislative sessions coming to an end, we were likely to see a push by states to finish up debates and votes on consumer privacy laws. Now you can count Montana (and Tennessee)...more
Last week, I discussed eDiscovery in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region in terms of what each country has in place from a rules and discovery standpoint. eDiscovery isn’t the only discipline where US-based bloggers like me tend...more
Unless you’ve been completely disconnected from the internet for the past year, you’ve undoubtedly read about the passage of a number of state and international laws addressing privacy and cybersecurity. Does this mean that...more
Following a near unanimous vote in the Connecticut House, Connecticut is set to become the fifth state to pass comprehensive privacy legislation. With the addition of the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA), Connecticut...more
Last month, on Data Privacy Day, Colorado’s Attorney General Philip Weiser released prepared remarks entitled “The Way Forward on Data Privacy and Data Security” that shed some light on his approach to enforcing Colorado’s...more
While everyone hoped that 2021 would be less tumultuous than 2020, it certainly did not turn out that way in the end. The same was true in the world of data privacy – with sweeping new data protection regulations and guidance...more