Tag: privacy law

July 9, 2024

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 businesses that: Conduct business in […]

June 19, 2024

On May 31, 2024, Governor Jared Polis signed into law Colorado House Bill 24-1130 (HB 1130), amending the Colorado Privacy Act (the CPA) to impose new requirements on controllers that process biometric data. The amendments go into effect July 1, […]

May 13, 2024

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), and Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) issued a “Final Rule,” HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy, which was published in the Federal Register on April 26, 2024.1 In […]

May 6, 2024

As we move closer to the end of many states’ legislative sessions, a number of comprehensive privacy law proposals continue to work their way through the legislative process. Since our last update, Nebraska became the sixteenth state to enact a […]

April 18, 2024

Will the U.S. finally join most developed nations and pass a comprehensive federal privacy law? Some believe this may be the year that the U.S. does just that. Calls for passage of a comprehensive U.S. federal privacy law have come […]

March 25, 2024

As we progress deeper into the 2024 legislative session, developments in the comprehensive privacy law arena have continued apace. In the weeks since our last update, New Hampshire formally joined the ranks of states with comprehensive data privacy laws on […]

January 29, 2024

New Jersey’s governor has signed into law the first US state comprehensive privacy law of 2024. It will go into effect January 16, 2025. For those keeping score, that puts New Jersey after Florida, Oregon, Texas (all July 1, 2024), […]

January 19, 2024

On January 16, 2024, New Jersey (NJ) Governor Phil Murphy signed into law S332/A1971, making New Jersey the latest state with a comprehensive state privacy law. (This follows similar comprehensive state privacy laws in CA, CO, CT, DE, IN, IA, […]

January 17, 2024

As we have detailed previously, 2023 was a landmark year for privacy law, featuring numerous developments at the federal, state and international levels, ranging from newly enacted statutes to massive regulatory enforcement actions. Early signs already indicate that 2024 is […]

November 7, 2023

The Situation: California has enacted a groundbreaking new privacy law aimed at data brokers—entities that sell information about consumers with whom they do not have a direct relationship. Under the Delete Act (SB 362), data brokers must allow California consumers […]

June 28, 2023

Of the many worries on privacy compliance teams’ lists as we face the onslaught of state “general” privacy laws are the impacts they have on vendor contracts. Fortunately for those who have already had to deal with contracts with vendors […]

June 27, 2023

Of the many worries on privacy compliance teams’ lists as we face the onslaught of state “general” privacy laws are the impacts they have on vendor contracts. Fortunately for those who have already had to deal with contracts with vendors […]

June 13, 2023

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 law, […]

May 23, 2023

Indiana, Montana, and Tennessee have all enacted general data privacy legislation, bringing the total to nine US state data privacy laws. Montana will be the first of the three new laws to take effect on October 1, 2024, followed by […]

May 17, 2023

On May 11, Gov. Bill Lee signed the Tennessee Information Protection Act (TIPA) into law, making Tennessee the eighth state to enact a comprehensive privacy law. Tennessee joins Indiana and Iowa in enacting such laws within the last six weeks, […]

April 3, 2023

An Iowa comprehensive privacy law bill titled An Act Relating to Consumer Data Protection, Providing Civil Penalties, and Including Effective Date Provisions recently passed both chambers of the Iowa legislature with no dissenting votes. Unless Iowa’s governor vetoes the bill, […]

March 31, 2023

On March 29, 2023, Iowa became the sixth U.S. state to pass comprehensive consumer privacy legislation. The new law will go into effect on January 1, 2025. Iowa’s privacy law bears substantial similarity to the Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut and Utah […]

March 28, 2023

Iowa has become the sixth state to pass its own privacy law. Governor Kim Reynolds is expected to sign Senate bill 262 into law. The bill passed both chambers of the Iowa Legislature unanimously. It is scheduled to go into […]

February 23, 2023

Illinois employers that use biometric timeclocks (such as finger, face, hand, or retina scan timeclocks or entry devices) or collect other biometric information should take action immediately to confirm they are in compliance with Illinois’s Biometric Privacy Act (BIPA). Although […]

January 23, 2023

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 comprehensive privacy legislation. Some states’ bills represent […]