As state legislatures begin their 2020 sessions, proposals for stronger privacy laws are at the top of the agenda across the country. Carrying forward the story we told in reports in February, April, and July of last year,...more
2/4/2020
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
GLBA Privacy ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Personal Data ,
Personal Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Proposed Legislation ,
State Data Privacy Laws
As many businesses occupy themselves with coming into compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) before the law’s effective date of January 1, 2020, Congress is renewing discussion of a possible comprehensive...more
12/11/2019
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Congressional Committees ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Privacy ,
Enforcement Authority ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Preemption ,
Privacy Laws ,
Private Right of Action ,
Section 5 ,
State Attorneys General ,
State Data Privacy Laws
Since our reports on February 20, 2019 and April 30, 2019, no states have followed California in adopting comprehensive privacy legislation but three states have enacted targeted privacy laws. In May Nevada enacted a law...more
On May 1, 2019, the Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing on “Consumer Perspectives: Policy Principles for a Federal Data Privacy Framework”—the Committee’s third hearing during this session discussing principles for...more
5/7/2019
/ Biometric Information ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Congressional Investigations & Hearings ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection Authority ,
Enforcement Authority ,
Facial Recognition Technology ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Personal Data ,
Preemption ,
Privacy Laws ,
Regulatory Authority
Continuing Congress’s consideration of possible comprehensive federal privacy legislation, the Senate Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Manufacturing, Trade, and Consumer Protection held a hearing on March 26, 2019 on...more
4/1/2019
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Congressional Committees ,
Data Controller ,
Data Privacy ,
Data-Sharing ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Preemption ,
Privacy Concerns ,
Privacy Laws ,
Small Business
Continuing Congress’s efforts to craft comprehensive federal privacy legislation, the Senate Judiciary Committee on March 12, 2019, held a hearing on “GDPR & CCPA: Opt-ins, Consumer Control, and the Impact on Competition and...more
3/15/2019
/ Behavioral Advertising ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Legislative Committees ,
Opt-In ,
Opt-Outs ,
Preemption ,
Privacy Laws ,
Privacy Policy ,
Small Business
The enactment in June 2018 of California’s sweeping new privacy law, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), has both increased momentum for enactment of a general federal privacy law and spurred state legislatures to...more
The enactment in June 2018 of California’s sweeping new privacy law, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), has both increased momentum for enactment of a general federal privacy law and spurred state legislatures to...more
2/20/2019
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Congressional Intent ,
Congressional Investigations & Hearings ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Covered Entities ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
GAO ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
NIST ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Laws ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Public Hearing ,
Trade Associations
On June 28, 2018, California enacted the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), a sweeping privacy law that provides consumers with broad notice, access, and deletion rights concerning many types of personal...more
7/3/2018
/ Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Governor Brown ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HITECH Act ,
New Regulations ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Laws ,
Private Right of Action ,
Statutory Damages
On Tuesday, June 27, the Illinois legislature passed HB 3449, the “Geolocation Privacy Protection Act.” If signed by Governor Bruce Rauner (R), the bill would prohibit a “private entity” from collecting, using, storing or...more