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Disclosure of Data Through Website Cookies May Be a Data Breach – What A Recent Court Ruling Means for Healthcare Businesses

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A California federal court recently ruled that disclosure of certain data collected through website cookies that may qualify as health information could trigger a data breach under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) –...more

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Substantial New CCPA Regulations Inch Closer to Reality: A High-Level Overview of the New Requirements and Their Projected $4...

On July 16, 2024, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) Board met to discuss advancing a substantial draft California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) rulemaking package to formal proceedings. The proposed...more

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More Proposed Regulations from California: What Do These Mean for Your Business?

What Issues Did the California Privacy Protection Agency Raise? On July 16, 2024, the California Privacy Protection Agency (Agency) discussed proposed updates to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations....more

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Seven New States Join Patchwork of U.S. Comprehensive Privacy Laws: Top 10 Trends from the First Half of 2024

In the first half of 2024, seven new states—Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and Rhode Island—all enacted their takes on comprehensive privacy laws, bringing the total number of states with...more

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Rhode Island Legislature Passes Consumer Data Privacy Act

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Keypoint: While the act does not include many provisions found in the more recent consumer data privacy laws, it would expand privacy notice obligations in one significant way although the applicability and scope of that...more

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The Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act: Minnesota Becomes the 18th State to Enact a Comprehensive Consumer Privacy Law

On May 24, 2024, Governor Walz signed into law the Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act (MNCDPA). This landmark law is the first set of comprehensive consumer privacy standards specific to Minnesota residents. The law will...more

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Vermont Slated to Grant a Private Right of Action to Consumers in New Data Privacy Bill

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As Vermont joins the growing number of states with comprehensive consumer data privacy laws, it stands out from the crowd with the ability of Vermonters to bring a private right of action (PRA) against large data holders. In...more

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The 10 Things Employers Need to Know About Sweeping New Federal Data Privacy Law Proposal

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A bipartisan group of federal lawmakers just unveiled a sweeping proposal to pass the nation’s first data privacy law and hand a significant amount of power to consumers, one that would bring about a massive change in the way...more

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New Jersey Legislature Passes Consumer Data Privacy Bill

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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

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Upcoming 2024 State Privacy Law Compliance Deadlines

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Over the past few years, states have enacted numerous privacy laws, including broad consumer data privacy laws, children’s privacy laws, consumer health data privacy laws, and data broker laws. The enactment of so many...more

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New York Legislature and Enforcement Agencies Remain Active on the Data Privacy and Security Fronts

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At the start of 2023, the New York State legislature introduced several privacy-related bills. One of those bills, S365, appears to be gaining momentum. It was reported and committed to the Internet and Technology Committee...more

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FTC Announces Enforcement Actions Against Amazon’s Alexa and Ring Divisions for Violations of User Privacy

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On May 31, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) announced two separate enforcement actions against Amazon—one involving its cloud-based voice service, Alexa, and the other involving Ring, its smart doorbell...more

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Proposed State Privacy Law Update: June 5, 2023

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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

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Proposed State Privacy Law Update: May 30, 2023

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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

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Proposed State Privacy Law Update: April 10, 2023

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Keypoint: Last week the Washington Senate passed the My Health My Data Act, the Arkansas legislature passed the Social Media Safety Act, and the Texas House passed the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act....more

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Proposed State Privacy Law Update: March 13, 2023

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Keypoint: Last week chambers in Hawaii, Iowa, and Oklahoma passed consumer privacy bills. Below is the ninth weekly update on the status of proposed state privacy legislation in 2023. Before we get to our update, we wanted...more

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Proposed State Privacy Law Update: February 13, 2023

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Keypoint: Last week Indiana and Utah lawmakers passed bills through a chamber, Maryland lawmakers filed three sets of bills, lawmakers continued to file children’s privacy and social media regulation bills, and there were...more

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Proposed CCPA Regulations Set to Take Effect As Soon as April – The Time to Get Into Compliance is Now

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California data privacy officials just cleared the way for key regulations to take effect as soon as this April – which means the time is now for businesses located both in and out of the state to take seriously your efforts...more

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2023 State and Federal Data Privacy Legislation

The United States is gearing up for another noteworthy year in data privacy and cybersecurity. 2023 will likely be a year of transition as certain data privacy laws come into effect. As concerns around data protection and...more

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U.S. State Privacy Laws in 2023: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah and Virginia

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In 2023, new consumer privacy laws will be effective in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, and Virginia. These laws will come online throughout the year as follows...more

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New U.S. State Privacy Laws: 10 Ways Companies Should Prepare

Looking towards 2023, organizations should be mindful of the effective dates of several new state privacy laws in the U.S. Companies should review the new laws to evaluate their applicability and identify potential...more

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CCPA Financial Penalties: Four Takeaways from the California AG’s $1.2 Million Enforcement Action that Should Inform Your...

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We warned you last summer that California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) enforcement was heating up! The California Attorney General (“CAG”) announced a settlement with cosmetics retailer, Sephora. That, among other penalties,...more

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State of US Data Privacy Law Compliance

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In May 2017, the world of data privacy was irreparably changed when four members of the Chinese military hacked into credit-reporting company Equifax, exposing the personal information of nearly 150 million Americans. The...more

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Bipartisan U.S. Federal Privacy Bill Circulated

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Keypoint: The chances for the United States to finally enact a federal privacy bill appear to have increased with the circulation of a bipartisan discussion draft although its chances for passage are far from clear....more

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Five key observations from the California Privacy Protection Agency's draft privacy regulations

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The California Privacy Protection Agency has released draft privacy regulations as part of its efforts to implement the California Privacy Rights Act. We describe five key observations in this client alert....more

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