In the closing months of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) under Director Rohit Chopra, the CFPB has continued its efforts to influence how states regulate financial services providers. On November 12, the CFPB...more
On November 12, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a new report titled, “State Consumer Privacy Laws and the Monetization of Consumer Financial Data.” The report provides an overview of the state...more
Since the passage of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in 2018, and in the absence of a comprehensive data privacy law at the federal level, states have increasingly sought to enact their own privacy legislation. ...more
On April 17, 2024, Nebraska’s governor signed Legislative Bill 1074, which establishes a consumer data privacy law for the state. Nebraska’s law takes effect January 1, 2025. To Whom does the law apply? The law applies to...more
With new comprehensive privacy laws in Texas and Oregon going into effect on Monday, July 1, we invited enforcers from the Texas and Oregon Attorneys General Offices – Tyler Bridegan and Kristen Hilton – to join our Wiley...more
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
Keypoint: The Minnesota bill contains several unique requirements and provisions, including a novel right to question the result of a profiling decision, privacy policy provisions that increase interoperability with existing...more
Businesses have only a short window remaining to ensure compliance with three new privacy laws. Effective July 1, three new comprehensive state data privacy laws come into effect – the Tennessee Information Protection Act...more
On April 4, 2024, Kentucky joined the rapidly growing number of states adopting a comprehensive data privacy law, when Governor Andy Beshear signed, the Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act ("Kentucky CDPA"). The law will...more
2023 was a record-breaking year, with legislators in Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Montana, Oregon, Tennessee and Texas passing comprehensive data privacy laws, joining California, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah and Virginia. Already...more
Enforcement of Washington’s My Health My Data Act (MHMDA or the Act) starts now. Passed by the Washington state legislature last year and designed broadly to protect “consumer health data,” the Act is one part of a larger...more
The Georgia Senate voted to pass the Georgia Consumer Privacy Protection Act (SB 473) on Feb. 27th. Although the bill is similar to many other comprehensive state privacy laws, there are some notable distinctions....more
The early weeks of 2024 have seen continued activity on the state comprehensive privacy law front. Since our last update, at least 11 new comprehensive privacy bills have been proposed. In particular, Georgia, Hawaii,...more
With the first month of 2024 now behind us, it is time for organizations to start seriously considering key comprehensive state data privacy compliance obligations for 2024. In total, seven states passed data privacy laws...more
Comprehensive consumer privacy protections have arrived in the Garden State and appear to be coming soon to the Granite State. With Governor Phil Murphy's signing of Senate Bill 332 on January 17th, New Jersey became the...more
As we enter into the final few months of the year, it is important for companies operating in the United States to not only assess the implementation of the compliance requirements for the four new comprehensive state privacy...more
The Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act (DPDPA or Act) became law on September 11, 2023, making Delaware the 13th state to enact a comprehensive consumer data privacy law, joining California, Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut,...more
As of June 25, 2023, the Oregon House and Senate have signed Senate Bill 619 (the “Act”), which previously passed in the House 54-0. The Act now moves to the Oregon Governor’s desk for signature (and is set to become law as...more
The year 2023 will likely go down in history as a major inflection point in the enactment of comprehensive consumer data privacy laws in the United States. At the beginning of the year, only five states (California, Virginia,...more
State legislatures continue to take privacy matters into their own hands while talks of a federal privacy law linger. Indiana is set to become the seventh state to enact a comprehensive privacy law when Senate Bill No. 5 is...more
In addition to comprehensive data privacy laws in California, Colorado, Virginia, Utah and Connecticut, and more under consideration in states such as Texas, state legislatures in Iowa and Indiana have passed two new data...more
On Wednesday, March 15, Iowa’s House Legislature unanimously voted to approve Senate File 262 (SF 262), a comprehensive data privacy bill that unanimously passed the Senate on March 6. The bill will now move to the Governor’s...more
The past two weeks have seen continued developments in the state comprehensive privacy legislative landscape. Maryland, Minnesota, and Texas have entered the fray with new proposals, bringing the total number of states that...more
The new year has already seen a flurry of state privacy law activity, with legislators in at least nine states (Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, and Tennessee) proposing new...more
On August 11, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR), titled “Trade Regulation Rule on Commercial Surveillance and Data Security”. The wide-ranging ANPR seeks feedback...more