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Since the passage of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in 2018, other U.S. states have followed suit by enacting comprehensive consumer data privacy laws in rapid succession. While these state consumer privacy laws...more
On 17 April, 2024, Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen signed into law omnibus Legislative Bill 1074, which includes the Nebraska Data Privacy Act, making Nebraska the seventeenth state to adopt comprehensive data privacy...more
Nebraska’s governor has now signed into law the state’s “comprehensive” privacy law making it the fourth one this year, and the 17th overall. It will take effect on January 1, 2025 – the same day as Delaware, Iowa, and New...more
On April 17, Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen signed into law the Nebraska Data Privacy Act (the Act), making Nebraska the seventeenth state to enact general consumer data privacy legislation. The Act largely, but not completely,...more
The U.S. is taking another swing at a federal data privacy law with the American Privacy Rights Act, or APRA. While there’s no guarantee that the APRA will become the law of the land, it’s still worthwhile to study in order...more
Keypoint: Nebraska is the seventeenth state legislature to pass consumer data privacy legislation with a bill that largely tracks the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act. On April 11, 2024, the Nebraska legislature passed...more
A provision that would significantly disrupt the use of artificial intelligence in the workplace is buried deep in a bipartisan federal proposal to legislate data privacy. If the American Privacy Rights Act is passed by...more
State-level privacy laws in the United States continue to develop at a dizzying pace and it is understandably difficult to keep track of what takes effect when. Below we’ve outlined the statutes and regulations taking effect...more
January 28 is International Privacy Day, and this day is an opportunity to learn about recent developments in the legal landscape for privacy law. It is also a good opportunity to highlight how far privacy rights have come,...more
On January 16, New Jersey joined the list of states with comprehensive consumer privacy statutes when Governor Phil Murphy signed into law Senate Bill 332 (the New Jersey Data Privacy Act or NJDPA). The bill has undergone...more
Welcome to this month's issue of The BR Privacy & Security Download, the digital newsletter of Blank Rome’s Privacy, Security & Data Protection practice....more
California residents may soon be able to click “backspace” on data brokers doing business in the state. On October 10, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 362, colloquially known as the Delete Act, into...more
The first half of 2023 has been eventful for businesses subject to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and the whirlwind of new developments may have left you confused about your current and pending obligations. In...more
New Requirements Include Identifying Specific Third Parties to Whom Businesses Disclose Data and Consent for Targeted Advertising to Teens - Texas, Oregon, and Delaware are the latest states to join the growing landscape...more
On June 5-6, 2023, the NAIC Privacy Protections (H) Working Group (“PPWG”) held an in-person interim meeting (“session”) to continue its work on drafting a new model privacy law, the Insurance Consumer Privacy Protection...more
Companies may want to review their consumer rights processes as we approach July 1. This is the date of enforcement for those parts of CCPA modified by CPRA. It is also the effective date of two more state privacy laws:...more
On June 6, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis approved the passage of Senate Bill 262, which establishes the Florida Digital Bill of Rights (FDBR), set to go into effect July 1, 2024. Florida is now the tenth state to pass...more
Florida has become the latest state to enact a comprehensive privacy law this year when SB 262 was signed by Governor DeSantis last week. It combines some new, and some familiar, provisions. It has also passed a child privacy...more
It has been an active legislative season, with numerous states advancing new data privacy laws. In May, Indiana, Montana, and Tennessee joined Iowa in adopting new privacy laws, while the legislature in Texas sent an omnibus...more
Beginning July 1, 2023, the Colorado Privacy Act and the Connecticut Personal Data Privacy and Online Monitoring Act will take effect. Following California (in 2020) and Virginia (earlier this year), four states now have...more
Montana is the ninth state to enact a comprehensive consumer data privacy law - Montana Governor Greg Gianforte signed the Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act (MTCDPA) on May 19, 2023, after unanimous passage through the...more
In the absence of meaningful progress from the U.S. Congress on passing a federal comprehensive privacy law, state legislatures have been busy this year passing their own solutions and adding to the complexity of U.S. privacy...more
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
On March 29, 2023, Iowa became the latest in a small but growing number of states to enact comprehensive data privacy legislation. Like its counterpart laws in California, Connecticut, Colorado, Utah and Virginia, Iowa’s...more
In recent years, several states have passed comprehensive privacy laws regulating how businesses must handle personal information. California, Colorado, and Virginia are among the states leading this charge. While each...more