In today’s episode of Data Privacy Unlocked, Husch Blackwell’s David Stauss discusses state privacy legislation with Representative Collin Walke of Oklahoma. Representative Walke was one of the authors of HB 1602, the...more
Keypoint: This week the Colorado legislature continued to advance the Colorado Privacy Act, and the Nevada Governor signed into law a bill that will broaden the state’s pre-existing right to opt out of sales as of October 1,...more
6/7/2021
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Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Legislative Agendas ,
New Legislation ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Proposed Legislation ,
State and Local Government
Keypoint: This week the Colorado Senate passed the Colorado Privacy Act, the Nevada legislature passed a bill to broaden the state’s pre-existing right to opt out of sales, and the New York Privacy Act advanced to a third...more
6/1/2021
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Data Privacy ,
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Popular ,
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Proposed Legislation
Keypoint: This week the Connecticut Senate Appropriations Committee and New York Consumer Protection Committee passed their bills, and the Nevada Assembly passed its bill, which would broaden Nevada’s pre-existing right to...more
5/24/2021
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Keypoint: This week the Colorado Privacy Act passed out of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Alaska’s House Labor and Commerce Committee held another hearing on its bill, Connecticut’s bill was sent to the Senate...more
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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Data Privacy ,
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Proposed Legislation
Keypoint: This week Florida came close to passing a bill before it died on the final day of the legislative session; committees in Colorado and Alaska scheduled hearings on their bills for May 5; and the Connecticut bill was...more
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: Florida moved one step closer to passing consumer data privacy legislation although differences between the House and Senate bills need to be resolved if the legislation is to pass the legislature.
On April 21,...more
Keypoint: This week Florida’s two bills continued to progress, the Washington Privacy Act failed to pass out of the House at the deadline (but the bill sponsor says it is still alive), new bills were introduced in...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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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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Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Legislative Agendas ,
New Legislation ,
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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
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Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
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Opt-Outs ,
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Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Privacy Policy ,
State and Local Government
Keypoint: CCPA-like privacy bills continue to be introduced and work their way through state legislatures.
Those who attended our recent webinar or who subscribe to this blog know that we have been closely tracking...more
Keypoint: While the Washington Privacy Act appears poised to pass the Senate, a competing bill introduced in the House of Representatives would require opt-in consent for processing, create an Illinois-like biometric...more
2/1/2021
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Consent ,
Covered Entities ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Processors ,
Opt-In ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Private Right of Action ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Third-Party
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
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California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Cybersecurity ,
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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
California voters just approved the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), which will significantly amend the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Join us for an in-depth look at the CPRA and how it will change privacy law...more
11/4/2020
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California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
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Data Privacy ,
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Data Security ,
Data Transfers ,
Information Security ,
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Sensitive Personal Information ,
Webinars
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 California Attorney General’s office has not addressed whether businesses may delay responding to CCPA requests due to the Coronavirus pandemic; however, businesses can look to the CCPA’s 45-day extension for...more
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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Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
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Privacy Laws ,
Proposed Regulation
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
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Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersecurity ,
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Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Information ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
Right to Delete