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Kentucky Data Protection Act: What Businesses Need to Know

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 6/3/2024

On April 4, 2024, Kentucky became the fifteenth state to enact a comprehensive data privacy law, with Governor Andy Beshear signing the Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act (KCDPA) into law. The Kentucky law will go into...more

New Hampshire Enacts Privacy Law

King & Spalding on 1/22/2024

On January 18, 2024, New Hampshire’s State Legislature enacted the Expectation of Privacy Act (the “Act”). Following the Governor’s signature, the Act will take effect January 1, 2025. SCOPE - The Act defines...more

New Jersey Enacts Privacy Law

King & Spalding on 1/12/2024

On January 8, 2024, New Jersey’s State Legislature passed the Disclosure and Accountability Transparency Act (the “Data Act”). Following Governor’s signature within 45 days, the Data Act would take effect one (1) year after...more

[Webcast Transcript] Today’s Privacy Reality: AI, Assessments, Breach and DSARs

HaystackID on 3/2/2023

Editor’s Note: On February 15, 2023, HaystackID shared an educational webcast to provide valuable insight into the ways in which AI is being used to address key issues in the realm of privacy and cybersecurity. The expert...more

Data Privacy in 2023: Expectations, Responsibilities & Cyber Security Tactics to Safeguard Your Information

J.S. Held on 2/9/2023

INTRODUCTION - As more of our lives and work become digitized, an inherent overlap continues to grow between data privacy and cyber security programs. Think of two similarly sized circles: in the past, data privacy and cyber...more

How to Prepare Your Business for Privacy Laws Taking Effect in 2023

Flaster Greenberg PC on 12/1/2022

In 2023, five new state privacy laws will become effective. How will these new laws affect your business? Currently, privacy laws in the United States include a patchwork of state laws as well as some industry- or...more

Understanding the American Data Privacy and Protection Act

Mintz - ML Strategies on 6/9/2022

On Friday, June 3, Representative Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Chairman of the House Energy & Commerce Committee, Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), the committee’s Ranking Member, and Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS), Ranking...more

Connecticut becomes the fifth state to enact a comprehensive data privacy law

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 5/18/2022

Connecticut’s new consumer privacy law imposes enhanced privacy disclosures and assessment requirements on businesses, and provides consumer rights similar to those in Europe’s GDPR, the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA),...more

Utah Set to Become Fourth State to Pass Comprehensive Consumer Privacy Law

Foley & Lardner LLP on 3/8/2022

Utah is likely the next in line to pass a comprehensive consumer privacy law, joining the ranks of California, Colorado, and Virginia. Senate Bill 227, the Utah Consumer Privacy Act (UCPA), was passed by the Utah legislature...more

Colorado Privacy Act Passes With Nationwide Implications for Businesses

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C. on 7/27/2021

After California and Virginia, Colorado recently became the third state to pass a comprehensive consumer data privacy bill. Although this new Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) overlaps with the California and Virginia privacy laws,...more

Colorado Passes the Colorado Privacy Act Which Could Expand Obligations of Businesses to Colorado Consumers and Regulators

Snell & Wilmer on 7/13/2021

On July 7, 2021, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) into law, which, when it takes effect on July 1, 2023, will place affirmative obligations on entities that conduct business in Colorado (or...more

Using the NIST Privacy Framework to Assess Privacy Risk and Build a Privacy Program

Ankura on 7/12/2021

Since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect in 2018, over half a dozen countries have passed similar privacy regulations and another few dozen have updated or proposed new privacy regulations. In the...more

Virginia Adopts Consumer Data Protection Act: What It Means for Businesses in Tennessee and Across the U.S.

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C. on 5/7/2021

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam recently signed the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA) into law, making Virginia the second state, following California, to adopt comprehensive consumer data privacy legislation. ...more

Data Protection And The Role Of Vendor Management

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 5/7/2021

The SolarWinds hack highlights the critical need for organizations of all sizes to include cyber supply chain risk management as part of their information security program. It is also a reminder that privacy and security...more

Colorado Privacy Act Introduced

Husch Blackwell LLP on 3/22/2021

Keypoint: The Colorado bill mirrors the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act and Washington Privacy Act but contains some notable differences. On March 19, 2021, Colorado lawmakers introduced the Colorado Privacy Act...more

Virginia Approves New Data Privacy Law: States Take The Lead As U.S. Trends Closer To Europe’s GDPR

Lowenstein Sandler LLP on 3/9/2021

On March 2, the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA) was signed into law, becoming the second comprehensive state privacy law in the United States. The VCDPA reflects core principles from the California Consumer...more

Virginia is for lovers (of privacy) - The Consumer Data Protection Act passes into law

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 3/5/2021

On March 2, 2021, Governor Northam signed the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA or the Act) making it the country’s second comprehensive data privacy legislation following California’s Consumer Protection Act of...more

Data Privacy and E-Commerce: Considerations for the Food and Beverage Industry

International Lawyers Network on 9/17/2020

The global food and beverage e-commerce market is expected to grow to $22.4 billion in 2020, possibly reaching $36.4 billion in 2023. That’s up from $14.9 billion in 2019. Food and beverage e-commerce revenue in the United...more

Privacy Law and the First-Year Law School Curriculum

WilmerHale on 2/13/2020

I am not a real academic. I teach privacy law very part-time as an adjunct professor. I am a full-time law firm partner, focusing on privacy and data security issues. I have been teaching formal privacy and data security...more

ISO/IEC 27701 Released as a New Standard for Privacy Compliance

Foley & Lardner LLP on 9/9/2019

On August 6, 2019, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) released ISO/IEC 27701 (ISO 27701), a privacy extension to ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO/IEC 27002...more

Nevada Adds “Do Not Sell” Requirement to Privacy Law

BakerHostetler on 6/6/2019

Last week, Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak signed new privacy legislation into law in Nevada. Senate Bill 220 (SB-220) updates Nevada Revised State 603A to provide consumers a new right to opt out of the sale of their data....more

Biometric Data: Companies Should Act to Mitigate Risks in the Face of Growing Regulations and Increased Risk for Liability

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 6/5/2019

There is a growing trend to regulate biometric data and severely punish companies that do not adequately protect this data. Every company that collects or uses biometric data should be careful to ensure compliance with...more

Employer CCPA FAQs #4: What information is not “Personal Information” under the CCPA?

BCLP on 4/24/2019

This post is part of our series of FAQs examining the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) that should help employers with operations in California to determine if they are required to comply with the CCPA and if so,...more

California and European Privacy FAQs: If a company already drafted a privacy notice to comply with other United States laws, does...

BCLP on 2/27/2019

The California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA") was enacted in early 2018 as a political compromise to stave off a poorly drafted, and plaintiff’s friendly ballot initiative. Although the CCPA is scheduled to go into force in...more

GDPR-like Privacy Protection Is Coming to U.S.

Williams Mullen on 7/6/2018

The state of California recently passed privacy legislation that imposes stringent requirements on organizations that collect personal information from California residents. The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA)...more

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