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No Longer Adrift in the Ocean State: Rhode Island Enacts Consumer Data Privacy Law

McDermott Will & Emery on 7/2/2024

On June 25, 2024, the governor of Rhode Island transmitted without signature a comprehensive privacy bill, the Rhode Island Data Transparency and Privacy Protection Act (DTPPA), back to the state legislature, which is still...more

Maryland Says “Don’t Mess with Kids”

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 5/17/2024

As U.S. states continue to pass data privacy legislation, Maryland has gone above and beyond in signing both the Maryland Online Data Privacy Act of 2024 (MODPA) and the Maryland Age Appropriate Design Code (HB 603/SB...more

New Jersey Passes Comprehensive Privacy Law to Lead the 2024 Wave of State Privacy Laws

Foley & Lardner LLP on 1/25/2024

On January 16, 2024, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed Senate Bill (SB) 332, establishing New Jersey’s consumer data privacy law, the New Jersey Data Privacy Act (NJDPA) which will be effective January 15, 2025. This...more

Video: Introduction: A Deep Dive into Privacy

McGlinchey Stafford on 1/27/2023

The world of cybersecurity and privacy have grown exponentially in recent years, both on the federal and state level. A pandemic-driven shift to remote has increased social media interaction and electronic communication, and...more

Meet Connecticut's New Cybersecurity Law

ArentFox Schiff on 7/2/2021

Although the Connecticut legislature was not successful in passing a privacy law similar to those passed in California, Colorado and Virginia, on June 24, 2021, the “Act Incentivizing The Adoption Of Cybersecurity Standards...more

Top Operational Impacts of Virginia's New Privacy Law (CDPA)

Ankura on 6/28/2021

The Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA) overwhelmingly passed both legislative chambers this month and is expected to be signed by the Governor in the coming weeks with an effective date of January 1, 2023. Best...more

Florida’s Legislature to Consider Consumer Data Privacy Bill Akin to California’s CCPA

Carlton Fields on 1/15/2020

Florida lawmakers have proposed data privacy legislation that, if adopted, would impose significant new obligations on companies offering a website or online service to Florida residents, including allowing consumers to “opt...more

Do Companies Need a Written Security Information Plan?

BCLP on 1/7/2020

As of January 1, 2020, California became the first state to permit residents whose personal information is exposed in a data breach to seek statutory damages between $100-$750 per incident, even in the absence of any actual...more

Data Privacy and Bankruptcy—Notable Non-bankruptcy Privacy Laws

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP on 9/11/2019

Privacy issues implicate several Bankruptcy Code sections and Bankruptcy Rules. The debtor must also comply with non-bankruptcy rules concerning privacy to the extent that such rules are not inconsistent with the Bankruptcy...more

Are Banks and Other Lenders Subject to the CCPA?

Carlton Fields on 8/30/2019

California’s new privacy statute imposes a number of new requirements on businesses that touch the personal information of California consumers. Its reach includes banks and financial services companies....more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - March 2019

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 4/2/2019

In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine new cybersecurity legislation in California and Massachusetts, the British government's updates to its cybersecurity laws in anticipation of Brexit and...more

GLBA and the California Privacy Act: Analyzing SB 1121’s Change to the Financial Institution Carve-Out Provision

Ballard Spahr LLP on 9/27/2018

Less than three months after California passed the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 1121 this week, making a number of technical and substantive changes to the law....more

Amendments to California Consumer Privacy Act Head to Governor’s Desk

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 9/6/2018

The California legislature passed SB 1121, a bill to amend the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), on Friday night, hours before the legislature recessed for the year. SB 1121 contained only a few substantive changes,...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

California’s Consumer Privacy Act – The Beginning of a National Data Privacy Law?

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 7/5/2018

California enacted the California Consumer Privacy Act on June 28, 2018. This law broadly expands the rights of California residents in their personal information collected through online means. The law imposes requirements...more

Emerging Technologies Push the Boundaries of Privacy Law

Cohen & Gresser LLP on 9/19/2014

As technology developers continue to push the envelope on services and applications affecting the daily lives of consumers, the intersection of technology and privacy is becoming increasingly fraught with legal implications...more

Risk of Data Breaches Keeping You Up? Assess Data Security Before The Holiday Season

Perkins Coie on 6/17/2014

Data security breaches marred the 2013 holiday season for many consumers and retailers. The most famous security breach, at Target Corporation (Target), involved the loss of information on 40 million payment cards and...more

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