On January 10, 2019, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed House Bill No. 4806 into law. The bill amends certain provisions of the state data breach notification law, increasing reporting requirements on a person or...more
Beginning on January 1, 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”) will impose new privacy obligations on certain businesses that collect personal information of California consumers. Employers with employees...more
Effective January 1, 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”) will impose new privacy obligations on certain businesses that collect personal information of residents of California and are responsible for...more
On March 20, 2019, the Joint Committee on Government Administration and Elections (the “Joint Committee”) introduced An Act Concerning Consumer Privacy, Raised Bill No. 1108. The Bill is essentially a reprinting of the...more
As reported in our last newsletter, California has enacted a game-changer in the U.S. privacy regime. Concepts imported from the EU General Data Protection Regulation, such as the right to be forgotten, will be introduced to...more
On January 10, 2019, Massachusetts Governor Baker signed “An Act relative to consumer protection from security breaches” (House Bill No. 4806), which added new requirements and obligations for companies that experience a data...more
Beginning on January 1, 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”) will impose new privacy obligations on certain businesses that collect personal information of California consumers and are (or are jointly...more
On August 31, 2018, the California State Legislature passed Senate Bill 1121, amending the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”). The CCPA, which contains the broadest consumer data privacy protections in the...more
California may have again taken the privacy protection lead among U.S. jurisdictions with the Governor’s signing on June 28, 2018 of the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (AB 375) (the “Act”). Privacy and security...more
7/6/2018
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New York’s Cybersecurity Requirements for DFS Licensees: A New Item at the Top of the To Do List -
With a compliance date a few months away, licensees of the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) must start...more
1/30/2017
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Rhode Island recently amended its 10-year-old Identity Theft Protection Act effective June 26, 2016, further defining and refining existing data security and breach notification requirements, and adding a requirement to...more
Setting a new standard for encryption, New Jersey has enacted a new law (P.L. 2014, c. 88, codified at N.J. Stat. Ann. §§ 56:8-196 - 56:8-198) effective August 1, 2015, requiring health insurance carriers authorized to issue...more