On April 6, 2024, the Maryland Legislature passed a comprehensive privacy bill, sending the Maryland Online Data Privacy Act of 2024 (MODPA) to Governor Wes Moore’s desk for signature into law. The law, which would take...more
4/11/2024
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Consult our interactive state privacy law map to learn more about all of the enacted state consumer privacy laws.
Kentucky may soon join the expanding list of states with comprehensive privacy laws. Kentucky House Bill...more
3/21/2024
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On January 30, 2024, McDermott Partners Edward (Jed) Gordon, Kate Vera, and Todd Kornfeld and Associate Allison McSorley Tassel discussed on a panel the current market conditions and shared different capital raising options...more
2/12/2024
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On January 18, 2024, the New Hampshire Senate passed by voice vote SB255, the New Hampshire Privacy Act (NHPA), amended by the New Hampshire House of Representatives. The bill will head to Governor Chris Sununu’s desk. After...more
1/25/2024
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On March 29, 2024, the amended California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations will take effect. These regulations were originally slated to take effect in 2023, but a court ruling (that is being appealed)...more
1/11/2024
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Regulators in California and Colorado recently announced enforcement sweeps under new and newly updated state privacy laws. Companies in Colorado (including nonprofits) and California should double-check their privacy...more
On July 10, 2023, the European Commission adopted its adequacy decision for the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF). The decision concluded that the United States does ensure an adequate level of protection for transferring...more
7/14/2023
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Add Oregon to the list of states passing consumer privacy laws this year. On June 22, 2023, the Oregon House of Representatives passed SB 619, the proposed Oregon Consumer Privacy Act (OCPA), following the Senate’s passage on...more
6/27/2023
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Texas will likely become the 11th state to pass a consumer privacy law. H.B. 4, the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (TDPSA), was passed by both houses of the Texas legislature last week, and the bill is now headed to...more
6/1/2023
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