Governor Tina Kotek signed the Oregon Consumer Privacy Act (OCPA or the Act) into law on July 18, 2023. The OCPA goes into effect on July 1, 2024. Oregon follows 11 other states that have enacted consumer privacy protections,...more
7/25/2023
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This Update is the third installment of the ongoing series covering Washington state’s new My Health My Data Act (the Act). Part 1 provided a high-level outline of the entities regulated under the Act and the corresponding...more
6/8/2023
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As detailed in Part 1 of this ongoing series, Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed the state’s My Health My Data Act (the Act) into law on April 27, 2023. The Act is a first-of-its-kind law that creates new privacy...more