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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

Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A.

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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Colorado Department of Law Issues Universal Opt-Out Shortlist Under the Colorado Privacy Act – What to Do Next

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The Colorado Department of Law has published its Universal Opt-Out Shortlist under the Colorado Privacy Act (“CPA”). This is eagerly awaited guidance for organizations who are subject to the CPA as the guidance provides...more

Locke Lord LLP

More Safe Harbor Protections for Navigating Cyber and Privacy Litigation

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Cybersecurity and data privacy risks continue to loom large with potentially significant consequences. Litigation, often filed soon after incidents, adds to the possible repercussions. In our previous article, we discussed a...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Litigation Preparedness Following a Data Breach: Three Tips to Consider During the Incident Response Period

Data breaches come in many different forms, sizes, and levels of complexity, but they tend to share certain key facts: A third-party bad actor—whether through a phishing attack, a ransomware attack, exploitation of a zero-day...more

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China Publishes Draft Rules to Ease Data Export Compliance Burden

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The Cyberspace Administration of China (“CAC”) on September 28, 2023 issued the draft Provisions on the Regulation and Promotion of Cross-Border Data Flows (“draft Provisions”),  just one year after China’s data export...more

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The State of State Privacy Laws: What Businesses Need to Know

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Summer days are over and it’s time to hit the books. State legislatures were busy in 2023 making up for the U.S. Congress’s inability to pass a comprehensive privacy law. ...more

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China Publishes Draft Rules for Personal Information Protection Compliance Audits

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The Cyberspace Administration of China (“CAC”) on August 3, 2023 published the draft Administrative Measures for Personal Information Protection Compliance Audits (“draft Measures”) for public comment through September 2,...more

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7 Steps to Comply with the CCPA

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Getting into compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) can seem like an overwhelming task. After all, the law is comprised not only of a dense statute and detailed regulations, but the amendment effective...more

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Mintz May Madness: Tennessee’s Information Protection Act Gets Us Thinking About NIST(y) Safe Harbors

The Volunteer State became the eighth state to enact a comprehensive data privacy law after Gov. Bill Lee (R) signed the Tennessee Information Protection Act (“TIPA”) into law yesterday, May 11. Tennessee joins a growing...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

What’s in the Indiana Consumer Data Protection Act?

Indiana’s Consumer Data Protection Act advanced in the state legislature last week and now heads to Governor Eric J. Holcomb’s desk. The bill mirrors comprehensive privacy legislation enacted in Virginia, Utah, and Iowa,...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Now We Are Six: Iowa Becomes the Sixth State to Enact a Comprehensive Privacy Law

With the unanimous passage of Senate File 262 by the Iowa House and Senate and the Governor's signature Tuesday, the Hawkeye State joins California, Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia, and Utah as one of six states with a...more

Morgan Lewis

Global Privacy Year in Review - March 2023

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The need for privacy and cybersecurity compliance measures has become a paramount consideration as businesses become more digitally driven, data breaches become more publicized, and regulation continues to increase. Morgan...more

White & Case LLP

New requirements for outbound data transfers from China

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The Cybersecurity Administration of China (the "CAC") has published guidelines concerning outbound data transfers of personal information and "important data" from China to other jurisdictions. Businesses must comply with...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Revue de l’année 2022 du droit canadien de la protection de la vie privée

En 2022, le droit canadien de la protection de la vie privée et de la cybersécurité a continué d’évoluer considérablement. Comme dans les années passées, afin de souligner la Journée de la protection des données, nous...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

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

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Canadian Privacy Law 2022 Year in Review

In 2022, the Canadian privacy and cybersecurity law landscape continued to see significant transformation. As with previous years, to mark Data Privacy Day, we have summarized the big stories from last year to help you stay...more

Epstein Becker & Green

2023 New Year’s Resolution: Effectively Comply with New Comprehensive State Privacy Laws

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More than just New Year’s resolutions went into effect when the clock struck midnight on January 1, 2023. The California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”) and the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (“VCPDA”) are now effective in...more

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Data breach class actions: SDNY finds standing based on sketchy injury-in-fact allegations

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Takeaway: Ever since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Clapper v. Amnesty Int’l USA, 568 U.S. 398, 416 (2013), that plaintiffs “cannot manufacture standing merely by inflicting harm on themselves based on . . . hypothetical...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

District of Massachusetts Dismisses Data Breach Class Action for Lack of Injury

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On October 18, 2022, in Webb v. Injured Workers Pharmacy, LLC, the District of Massachusetts dismissed a class action complaint brought by former pharmacy patients alleging that their sensitive personal information had been...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

AG Settlements Call for Stronger Data Security

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Early this week, a coalition of 40 attorneys general obtained two multistate settlements with Experian concerning data breaches it experienced in 2012 and 2015 that compromised the personal information of millions of...more

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CPRA Rule Revisions Unlikely to be Finalized in 2022

Just two months before the effective date (January 1, 2023) of the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”), the California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”) Board met on October 28 and 29 to discuss revisions to the agency’s...more

Stoel Rives - Global Privacy & Security Blog®

The Current State of General State Privacy Laws

It’s a great time to be a privacy attorney.  On October 17, 2022, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) released the next draft of the regulations under the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA) as well as a...more

Genova Burns LLC

DoorDash Hacker Incident Illustrates Third-Party Vendor Risks and Potential Vulnerabilities

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​​​​​​​Hackers have increasingly focused on third-party vendors as avenues to data held by associated businesses. On August 25, 2022, DoorDash announced that it had experienced a data breach which impacted the personal...more

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Employers Must Prepare for the Transformation of Quebec’s Privacy Regime

On September 21, 2022, Quebec’s Act to modernize legislative provisions as regards the protection of personal information (Act) was enacted. The Act’s provisions will become effective gradually over a two-year period, from...more

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