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Eye on Privacy: 2023 Year in Review

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - What is the Privacy Impact of the White House AI Order for Businesses? Posted November 28, 2023 Biden’s sweeping AI Executive Order sought to have artificial intelligence used in accordance...more

Closing Out 2023 with Utah’s Privacy Law

This year has been active on the state “comprehensive” privacy law front. Seven states passed new laws in 2023 (Delaware, Iowa, Indiana, Tennessee, Montana, Florida, and Oregon). These states joined California, Connecticut,...more

What Do the CPPA’s Draft Regulations on Risk Assessments and Cybersecurity Audits Mean for Companies?

The CPPA, the California regulatory body charged with enforcing CCPA, has now issued draft regulations on risk assessments and cybersecurity audits. The draft was released ahead of a public board meeting to discuss those...more

The “First State” Officially Becomes the Thirteenth State with a Comprehensive Data Privacy Law

After some delay, Delaware’s governor has at last signed into law the thirteenth state comprehensive privacy law. This is the seventh law passed in 2023, joining Iowa, Indiana, Tennessee, Montana, Florida, and Oregon. The law...more

Impact of the Last Minute CCPA-Enforcement Delay

A California court recently issued a ruling delaying the CPPA’s ability to enforce the most recent CCPA regulations until March 29, 2024. This does not delay enforcement of the CCPA statute or existing regulations....more

Washington State Enacts Landmark Privacy Law Aimed at Digital Health Industry

On April 27, 2023, the state of Washington enacted a landmark privacy law aimed at protecting the privacy of health data not covered by HIPAA. This law, named the “My Health My Data Act,” covers a very wide range of entities,...more

Governor Signs: Hoosier State Adds to the US Privacy Patchwork

Indiana has now become the seventh US state to enact a comprehensive privacy law after Senate Bill 5 (“SB5”) was signed by the governor on May 1, 2023. The new law will go into effect January 1, 2026, and is almost identical...more

My Health My Data Act: Consumer Rights

In this second post in our ongoing series, we examine the scope of rights given to consumers under the recently enacted My Health My Data Act... The law provides consumers several rights, all of which are in other privacy...more

My Health My Data Act: Scope of the Law

On April 27, 2023, the state of Washington enacted a landmark privacy law aimed at protecting the privacy of health data not covered by HIPAA. While the 2023 legislative season has been busy for state “comprehensive” privacy...more

Utah Amends Data Breach Law, Creates Cyber Center

Utah’s breach notification requirements will change on May 3, 2023. The recently amended data breach notification law now requires companies to notify the Attorney General for a breach involving 500 or more state residents....more

New Draft Regulations for Colorado’s Privacy Law

The Colorado Attorney General recently released the second set of draft regulations to the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA). In this draft, the AG is seeking specific input on five different topics. There are also a number of...more

IAB Steps In State Signal Morass

Companies who participate in the AdTech and digital advertising eco-system are very familiar with the Interactive Advertising Bureau and its form advertiser agreements. Those agreements can help streamline negotiations,...more

Comparing and Contrasting the Opt Out Preference Signal Across States

The talk of “opt-out preference signals” or global privacy controls (GPC) has been increasing as companies dig into the forthcoming requirements under US “comprehensive” privacy laws. What is an opt-out preference signal? An...more

Maryland Amends Data Security and Breach Notice Obligations

Maryland recently passed two companion bills amending the state’s Personal Information Protection Act. The bills modify the data breach notification requirements and scope of businesses subject to the data security...more

Connecticut Fifth State to Pass a Comprehensive Privacy Law

Connecticut just joined California, Colorado, Utah, and Virginia in passing a comprehensive privacy law. The Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA) goes into effect July 1, 2023, the same time as Colorado’s very similar law...more

Indiana Breach Notification Law Amended, Changes Effective July 1, 2022

Indiana has made a minor amendment to its data breach notification law. Starting July 1, companies who are obligated to notify under the law must do so (to affected individuals and the Indiana Attorney General) without...more

FTC 2022 Regulatory Priorities to Include Privacy and Security

As we look to 2022, a question on many companies’ minds is what actions we will see from the FTC. Two recent developments are important on that front. First, the FTC recently signaled its intent to initiate rulemaking on...more

New York Imposes New Requirements for Employee Monitoring

New York recently enacted a law governing employee monitoring. The law applies to New York employers who monitor employees through electronic devices. This includes monitoring of telephone, emails, and internet access or...more

California Bill Clarifies Timing for CPRA Rulemaking Authority

California recently passed AB 694, which makes a few “technical” changes to the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). Importantly, this amendment clarifies the timing for the new California Privacy Protection Agency’s (CPPA)...more

Breach of PHI? California AG Reminds Companies of Potential State Notification Obligations

The California AG recently reminded companies in the healthcare industry of potential data breach notification obligations beyond HIPAA. As ransomware attacks continue to rise, particularly in healthcare, companies should...more

Connecticut Expands Data Breach Notification Law, Changes Effective October 1, 2021

In addition to recently passing a cybersecurity safe harbor law, Connecticut also updated its data breach notification law. Connecticut joins Texas in passing changes to breach notification requirements this year. There are...more

And Then There Were Three: Colorado Passes Privacy Law, Effective July 2023

Colorado recently joined Virginia and California in passing a more comprehensive privacy law. The Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) will go into effect July 1, 2023. This is six months after Virginia’s law (CDPA) and California’s...more

Nevada Broadens its Privacy Law

Nevada’s governor recently approved an amendment to their privacy law. As we covered previously, generally, this law affords consumers a right to opt out of the “sale” of their data to third parties. The amendment broadens...more

New State Genetic Privacy Law Directed at Consumer Genetic Tests

Utah recently signed into law SB 227, creating the Genetic Information Privacy Act (GIPA). The law, which is anticipated to go into effect in May 2021, is aimed at protecting genetic data collected from direct-to-consumer...more

States Continue to Step in to Safeguard Genetic Information

Utah’s governor recently signed into law SB 227, creating the Genetic Information Privacy Act (GIPA). The law, which is anticipated to go into effect in May, is aimed at protecting genetic data collected from...more

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