Keypoint: The proposed draft amendments modify the Colorado Privacy Act Rules to create a process for issuing opinion letters and interpretative guidance and to address the biometric and children’s privacy amendments passed...more
9/16/2024
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Colorado ,
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Consumer Privacy Rights ,
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Data Privacy ,
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On August 2, 2024, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed SB 2979 into law. The bill amends the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) to limit the number of claims that can be brought under the law’s private right...more
Keypoint: The Texas Attorney General reached a $1.4 billion settlement with Meta over its alleged violations of Texas’ biometric privacy law. On July 30, 2024, the Texas Attorney General announced that it has reached a $1.4...more
Keypoint: Last week, Colorado passed children’s privacy and artificial intelligence bills, Vermont passed a consumer data privacy bill, Maryland’s consumer data privacy and AADC bills were signed into law, and Minnesota is on...more
5/13/2024
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Biometric Information ,
Colorado ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Brokers ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
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Online Safety for Children ,
Privacy Laws ,
Proposed Legislation
Keypoint: Last week, bills advanced in Colorado and California while, with legislatures in multiple states set to close this week, we will know the fate of significant bills in the coming days. Below is the fifteenth weekly...more
Keypoint: Colorado employers and controllers that collect and process biometric data and identifiers will need to comply with disclosure, consent, and retention requirements beginning on July 1, 2025. In late April, the...more
Keypoint: Last week, the Colorado legislature passed a bill amending the Colorado Privacy Act to add provisions regarding biometric data and the California legislature advanced numerous bills....more
Keypoint: Last week, the Nebraska Governor signed the Nebraska Data Privacy Act into law, the Maine legislature closed without passing a consumer data privacy bill, Colorado’s biological/neural data bill was signed into law,...more
Keypoint: Last week, the Nebraska legislature passed a consumer data privacy bill. Below is the twelfth weekly update on the status of proposed state privacy legislation in 2024....more
Keypoint: Last week, the Maryland legislature passed consumer data privacy and Age-Appropriate Design Code Act bills, the Kentucky Governor signed HB 15 into law, three bills advanced out of a California Assembly Committee,...more
Keypoint: Last week, the Kentucky legislature passed a consumer data privacy bill, Colorado passed an amendment to the Colorado Privacy Act, and there was movement on bills in Maine, Maryland, Rhode Island, and Vermont....more
Keypoint: Kentucky is the fifteenth state to pass consumer data privacy legislation with a bill that largely tracks the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act. On March 27, 2024, the Kentucky legislature passed the Kentucky...more
Keypoint: Last week, consumer data privacy bills passed out of the Vermont and Pennsylvania Houses, an Age-Appropriate Design Code Act variant bill passed out of the Vermont Senate, and bills advanced in Colorado, Maryland,...more
3/25/2024
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Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Brokers ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Privacy Laws ,
Proposed Legislation ,
State Privacy Laws
Keypoint: It was a very busy week with Kentucky on the cusp of passing a consumer data privacy bill, Maryland advancing consumer and children’s bills, and movement on bills in Minnesota, Vermont, Georgia, Maine, and New York....more
3/18/2024
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Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Brokers ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Privacy Laws ,
Proposed Legislation ,
State Privacy Laws
Keypoint: Last week, consumer data privacy bills advanced in Minnesota, Maryland, and Missouri, New Hampshire’s Governor signed SB 255 into law, Maryland’s AADC bill advanced in the Senate, and the Hawaii House passed a...more
Keypoint: Last week chambers in West Virginia and Georgia passed consumer data privacy bills while a VCDPA amendment bill focused on children’s privacy passed the Virginia legislature. Below is the sixth weekly update on the...more
Keypoint: It was a busy week for committee hearings as the 2024 session picked up speed heading into February.
Below is the second weekly update on the status of proposed state privacy legislation in 2024....more
2/5/2024
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Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Brokers ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Proposed Legislation ,
State Privacy Laws
We are back for our fifth year of tracking proposed state privacy legislation and fourth year of providing weekly updates. As in past years, we will track proposed consumer data privacy legislation through our weekly updates...more
Keypoint: New Jersey is the thirteenth state to pass consumer data privacy legislation with a bill that is generally based on the Washington Privacy Act model but with some notable differences.
On January 8, 2024, the New...more
1/9/2024
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California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
COPPA ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Processors ,
New Jersey ,
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Opt-Outs ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
State Privacy Laws
Keypoint: Oregon is the eleventh state to pass consumer data privacy legislation with a bill that is one of the strongest passed to date.
On June 22, 2023, the Oregon legislature passed the Oregon Consumer Privacy Act...more
Keypoint: Last week the Nevada legislature passed a health data privacy bill, the Delaware House passed a consumer data privacy bill, the Oregon House passed a data broker bill, and the New York Senate passed consumer and...more
6/12/2023
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Automated Decision Systems (ADS) ,
Biometric Information ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Brokers ,
Data Privacy ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Proposed Legislation ,
State Privacy Laws
Below is the twenty-first weekly update on the status of proposed state privacy legislation in 2023. Before we get to our update, we wanted to provide two reminders....more
6/5/2023
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Automated Decision Systems (ADS) ,
Biometric Information ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Brokers ,
Data Privacy ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
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New Legislation ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Popular ,
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Keypoint: Last week the Texas legislature passed consumer data privacy, children’s social media, and data broker bills while the Nevada Assembly passed an amended version of its health data privacy bill.
...more
5/31/2023
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Automated Decision Systems (ADS) ,
Biometric Information ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
COPPA ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Brokers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Popular ,
State Privacy Laws
Keypoint: Last week the Louisiana Senate passed a children’s social media bill, the Texas legislature appointed a conference committee for its comprehensive privacy bill, and various bills continued to advance in committees....more
5/22/2023
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Automated Decision Systems (ADS) ,
Biometric Information ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Brokers ,
Data Privacy ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
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Online Safety for Children ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws
Keypoint: Last week the Texas Senate passed a comprehensive data privacy bill, the Tennessee Governor signed HB 1181 into law, and the Connecticut Senate passed a health/children’s privacy bill.
Below is the eighteenth...more
5/15/2023
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Automated Decision Systems (ADS) ,
Biometric Information ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Brokers ,
Data Privacy ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
New Legislation ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Privacy Laws ,
Proposed Legislation ,
State Privacy Laws