In May 2025, Montana enacted Senate Bill 163 (SB 163), amending that state’s Genetic Information Privacy Act (MGIPA) to include protections for neurotechnology data—namely, data collected from the activity of the central or...more
6/10/2025
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On May 8, 2025, Montana Governor Greg Gianforte signed Senate Bill 297 (SB 297) into law, significantly revising the existing Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act (MCDPA).
These amendments generally mirror requirements in...more
5/29/2025
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U.S. privacy law continued to expand in 2024, both geographically and substantively.
We now have 19 states with comprehensive consumer privacy laws (some of which are already in effect, while others become effective in...more
12/18/2024
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