Are You Ready to Comply With New State Data Privacy Laws?
Data Privacy Unlocked, A Conversation with Michigan Senator Rosemary Bayer
With 13 comprehensive state privacy laws already in effect, the state privacy law landscape is complex. While there are several common threads throughout many of these frameworks that can allow companies to implement a...more
On April 12, Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen signed Legislative Bill 1074 into law, making Nebraska the 16th U.S. state to enact a comprehensive privacy law. The Nebraska Data Privacy Act (NEDPA) will take effect on January 1,...more
On January 16, 2024, New Jersey became the fourteenth state to enact comprehensive privacy legislation after the passage of the New Jersey Data Privacy Act (“NJDPA”), adding to the growing national focus on consumer personal...more
On January 16, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed S332 (the act), making New Jersey the first state in 2024 to enact a comprehensive privacy law. Several other states are currently considering similar comprehensive...more
Similar to the well-known California Consumer Privacy Act, on July 1, 2024, the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) goes into effect and will provide Colorado residents with express rights over their data collected by businesses. The...more
Similar to other state consumer data protection acts enacted over the past two years, the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) allows Colorado consumers to opt out of the sale of personal data and the processing of such data for...more
Delaware is the latest state to enact a comprehensive data privacy law, which creates unique compliance challenges and risks for companies....more
Hot on the trail of the latest state privacy laws to come into effect, Florida has jumped on board to keep the momentum going. On June 6, 2023, Florida Senate Bill 262 (“SB 262,”) was signed into law, meaning a new set of...more
It is shaping up to be the year of U.S. privacy laws! In addition to the Washington My Health My Data Act (see our previous article regarding the widespread implications of this enacted law), we have seen six (6)...more
On July 18, the Oregon governor signed SB 619 (the Act) to establish a framework for controlling and processing consumer personal data in the state. Oregon follows California, Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia, Utah, Iowa,...more
After several months of privacy developments to start 2023, this trend has not only continued, but has continued at an accelerated pace into June. As state legislatures adjourn for summer recess, it is a good time to take...more
Iowa has joined California, Colorado, Utah, Connecticut, and Virginia in the growing rank of states to enact a statewide consumer data privacy law. Dubbed the Iowa Consumer Data Protection Act (ICDPA), the regulation was...more
In his State of the Union address on February 7, 2023, President Biden affirmed his position on consumer data privacy protections and specifically his focus on strengthening protections for children. With several state data...more
The newest state data privacy law, the Utah Consumer Privacy Act, was signed into law by Utah Governor Spencer J. Cox on March 24, 2022. This makes Utah the fifth state to pass its own privacy law instead of waiting for the...more
California is the gold standard for state privacy laws, having recently enacted the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). Virginia and Colorado also have enacted comprehensive...more
In what might prove to be a growing trend, on March 2, 2021, the Governor of Virginia signed into law the comprehensive Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA), making Virginia the most recent state to enact such a law after...more
Update: The VCDPA was signed into law by Governor Ralph Northam without amendment on March 2, 2021. The VCDPA will become operative on January 1, 2023, and businesses should remain mindful of pending legislation in states...more
Today, March 2, 2021, Governor Ralph Northam signed into law the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act ("VCDPA"). By enacting the VCDPA, Virginia becomes the second state nationwide to implement a comprehensive consumer data...more
First Europe installed a strict data privacy scheme when it enacted its General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), then the trend crossed the Atlantic as California lawmakers passed their own data privacy law known as the...more
Rarely do Virginia and California fall into the same camp on legislation, but that may change with Virginia’s Consumer Data Privacy Act (the “Act”). The Virginia House of Delegates overwhelmingly passed the Act on January...more
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) may have just shown us the future – a new all-encompassing method of regulating the privacy of personal information. On June 18, 2020, Senator Brown, the ranking member of the U.S. Senate...more