Iowa became the sixth state to enact a comprehensive consumer privacy law after Gov. Kim Reynolds signed SF 262 into law on March 28, 2023. The Act Relating to Consumer Data Protection uses similar language as the Virginia...more
The Colorado Department of Law filed a set of proposed rules to implement the Colorado Privacy Act (Draft CO Rules) on Sept. 29, 2022, foreshadowing additional compliance obligations that businesses will have to strive to...more
The newly formed California Privacy Protection Agency (the Agency) quietly released a preliminary draft of its proposed regulations on May 27, 2022, implementing the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) as amended by the...more
Connecticut has positioned itself to become the fifth state to implement comprehensive consumer privacy legislation, after both chambers of the state legislature approved draft bill SB 6 on April 22, 2022, and April 28, 2022,...more
Two bills related to personal privacy have been passed by the California State Legislature and are awaiting signature from Gov. Gavin Newsom: the Genetic Information Privacy Act (GIPA) and a bill that amends the California...more
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA or Act) went into effect on Jan. 1, 2020. A first-of-its-kind law in the United States, the CCPA grants California residents expansive rights over businesses' collection, use and...more
7/24/2020
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The California Attorney General Xavier Becerra on Oct. 10, 2019, released the proposed text for the California Consumer Privacy Act Regulations (Regulations). The Regulations are intended to guide businesses on CCPA...more
10/31/2019
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Five bills to amend California's landmark privacy legislation, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), have passed the California State Legislature and now head to Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk. (See Holland & Knight's...more
10/8/2019
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Five bills to amend California's landmark privacy legislation, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), passed the California State Legislature last week and now head to Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk. ...more
• California's protracted legislative and regulatory process has complicated the landscape for businesses needing to implement the operational, technical and procedural changes required by the California Consumer Privacy...more
6/7/2019
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California enacted the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) last year in an expeditious compromise between consumer privacy advocates, legislators and businesses. In return, advocates agreed to drop a ballot initiative from...more
• The Office of the California Attorney General (AG) held the final public forum on the California Consumer Privacy Act on March 5, 2019.
• Commentators were sophisticated in their understanding of the law and all...more
3/8/2019
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