Keypoint: This week an amended version of the Colorado Privacy Act unanimously passed out of committee, Alaska’s House held another hearing on its bill (and scheduled another hearing for May 12), Connecticut’s bill was tabled...more
5/10/2021
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Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
Proposed Legislation
Keypoint: There were a number of developments this week: Florida’s House passed HB 969, the Washington Privacy Act officially died, Alaska’s HB 159 received a public hearing, and the Arizona legislature closed without passing...more
Keypoint: This week bills in Florida and Connecticut continued to progress, the Washington Privacy Act failed to get out of the House at the deadline, and bills in Oklahoma and West Virginia died...more
4/12/2021
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Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Proposed Legislation
Keypoint: It was another busy week with developments in Washington, Florida, Oklahoma, Alaska, Nevada, and Rhode Island.
For the sixth week in a row, we are providing an update on the status of proposed CCPA-like privacy...more
4/5/2021
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Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Legislative Agendas ,
New Legislation ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Proposed Legislation ,
State and Local Government
Keypoint: There were four notable developments this week: the Florida House passed a bill out of committee, lawmakers proposed a new bill in Texas, the Washington Privacy Act was scheduled for a public hearing and committee...more
3/15/2021
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Privacy Policy ,
State and Local Government
Keypoint: Although weakened from its original version, the Oklahoma bill would (if enacted) provide substantial privacy rights to Oklahoma residents and, in some respects, provide more privacy protections than found in the...more
3/5/2021
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Consent ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
For-Profit Corporations ,
GLBA Privacy ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
New Legislation ,
Opt-In ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
State Attorneys General
On January 28, 2021, privacy professionals around the world will celebrate Data Privacy Day. This year, we decided to mark the occasion by gathering our team’s thoughts and expectations on what we expect to be the biggest...more
1/28/2021
/ Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Selling ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Facial Recognition Technology ,
FSA ,
Health Care Providers ,
Internet of Things ,
Popular ,
State and Local Government
Keypoint: Although the CPRA will not become fully operative until January 1, 2023, the provisions creating the California Privacy Protection Agency and extending the business-to-business and employee exemptions are now...more
During a webinar last week hosted by the International Association of Privacy Professionals, a representative from the California Attorney General’s office confirmed that on July 1, the first date of the AG’s statutory...more
On June 24, 2020, the California Secretary of State announced that county election officials had validated enough signatures through the random signature validation process to make the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020...more
In early June, the California Attorney General filed final CCPA regulations with the California Office of Administrative Law. The final regulations were accompanied by a 59-page Final Statement of Reasons along with six...more
Keypoint: Advocates seem certain that they have done enough to qualify CCPA 2.0 for the November ballot.
On May 4, 2020, the Californians for Consumer Privacy advocacy group announced that they were submitting over 900,000...more
Keypoint: The AG’s office again signals that the CCPA’s July 1 enforcement deadline will not be extended.
In another sign that the California Attorney General has no plans to delay the CCPA’s July 1, 2020, enforcement...more
Keypoint: After an active winter of proposed state privacy laws, it appears that all eyes will once again be on California for the remainder of the year as we wait for final CCPA regulations, the fate of the CCPA 2.0 ballot...more
Keypoint: Individuals and businesses should take steps to prevent against becoming victims of the rapid rise in Coronavirus-related hacking scams.
On March 20, 2020, the FBI issued an alert warning that cyber thieves are...more
3/24/2020
/ Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) ,
Data Protection ,
FBI ,
Hackers ,
Information Security ,
Phishing Scams ,
Popular ,
Risk Management
Keypoint: For the second year in a row, the Washington Privacy Act has failed to become law.
Yesterday afternoon, on the final day of the Washington legislative session, Senator Reuven Carlyle issued a statement announcing...more
Keypoint: This modified draft of proposed regulations retracts some of the modifications as published on February 10 and adds new revisions. There is an additional comment period, which delays publication of final regulations...more
3/12/2020
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California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Personal Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Proposed Regulation
Keypoint: With just two days to go before the close of the Washington legislature, a conference committee will try to resolve conflicts between the House and Senate versions of the WPA.
As we previously reported, on...more
Keypoint: The Washington House of Representatives passed an amended version of the WPA containing a private right of action.
On Friday, March 6, the Washington House of Representatives passed an amended version of the...more
Keypoint: The WPA version that passed out of the House committee contains a private right of action along with other changes strengthening the WPA’s privacy provisions.
On Friday, February 28, the Washington House...more
As it did last year, the Washington state senate has overwhelmingly passed comprehensive consumer privacy legislation. The legislation, entitled the Washington Privacy Act (WPA), passed the state senate on February 14, 2020,...more
Keypoint: The modified proposed regulations make substantial changes to the proposed regulations, including modifying how consumer notices must be drafted and changing some of the requirements for receiving and responding to...more
2/10/2020
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Information ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
Right to Delete
Keypoint: The Virginia Privacy Act would create CCPA-like rights for Virginia residents while the Sale of Personal Data Act would create rights vis-à-vis “data sellers.”
Lawmakers in Virginia have proposed two bills that, if...more
Keypoint: Florida lawmakers have proposed legislation that would require certain operators of websites to make online disclosures and accept requests to opt-out of sales of personal data but that would stop far short of...more
Keypoint: Illinois lawmakers have proposed legislation that would create CCPA-like privacy rights for Illinois residents.
On January 8, 2020, Illinois state Senator Thomas Cullerton introduced the Illinois Data Transparency...more