Connecticut Attorney General William Tong recently announced the state’s first-ever enforcement settlement under the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA) with TicketNetwork, Inc., an online ticket marketplace. The settlement...more
7/22/2025
/ Compliance ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Privacy ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Opt-Outs ,
Penalties ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Laws ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Settlement ,
State Privacy Laws
2024 was a busy year for state consumer data privacy laws in the United States. Seven states enacted comprehensive data privacy statutes throughout the year, and laws enacted in 2023 went into effect in Montana, Florida,...more
1/3/2025
/ Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Collection ,
Data Controller ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Enforcement ,
Notice Requirements ,
Opt-Outs ,
Penalties ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
State Privacy Laws
To round out this year’s series on new state consumer privacy laws, we are covering the statute passed by Kentucky earlier this year. Please also keep your eye out for our 2024 round-up article that will be published soon, as...more
1/2/2025
/ Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Processors ,
Data Protection ,
Enforcement ,
Exemptions ,
Minor Children ,
Opt-Outs ,
Penalties ,
Personal Data ,
PHI ,
Popular ,
State Privacy Laws
It’s the season of lists and next on ours: Minnesota! This state joined 18 others to enact comprehensive data privacy legislation in recent years. To avoid being on the “naughty” list, make sure to review your compliance...more
Any chancery you might be impacted by the Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act (DPDPA)? (See what we did there?) Impacted companies need to gear up and prepare for compliance as the DPDPA becomes effective on January 1, 2025....more
12/16/2024
/ Compliance ,
Consent ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Delaware ,
Enforcement ,
Fines ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Opt-Outs ,
Penalties ,
Personal Data ,
State Privacy Laws
Comprehensive consumer privacy laws continue to hit the desks of governors in states across the country, with nineteen state laws now on the books. Since we wrote our 2023 Round-Up on State Consumer Data Privacy Laws article...more
10/30/2024
/ Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Processors ,
Data Protection ,
Minor Children ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Right of Access ,
Sensitive Personal Information ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Targeted Digital Advertising
The push by U.S. states to pass data privacy laws continues with Maryland being the 18th state to join their ranks. However, Maryland has taken a more stringent and comprehensive approach than many of its peers: Governor Wes...more
5/17/2024
/ Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
COPPA ,
Data Protection ,
Fines ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Maryland ,
Opt-Outs ,
Penalties ,
Personal Data ,
Personal Information ,
Popular ,
Securities Exchange Act
2023 was a record-breaking year, with legislators in Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Montana, Oregon, Tennessee and Texas passing comprehensive data privacy laws, joining California, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah and Virginia. Already...more
4/16/2024
/ Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Exemptions ,
GLBA Privacy ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
New Jersey ,
New Legislation ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Data ,
Personal Information ,
Private Right of Action ,
Reporting Requirements ,
State Privacy Laws
New Hampshire’s New Law is on the Books -
2023 was a record-breaking year, with legislators in Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Montana, Oregon, Tennessee and Texas passing comprehensive data privacy laws, joining California,...more
4/15/2024
/ Consumer Rights Directive ,
Controlled Substances Act ,
Data Collection ,
Fines ,
GLBA Privacy ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Opt-Outs ,
Penalties ,
Personal Data ,
Private Right of Action ,
State Privacy Laws
If you have been relying on last year’s court order staying the ability of the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) to enforce regulations promulgated under the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) to also stay your...more
2/16/2024
/ Audits ,
California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Contract Terms ,
Cybersecurity ,
Enforcement ,
New Regulations ,
Notice Requirements ,
Opt-Outs ,
Risk Assessment ,
Targeted Digital Advertising
The Volunteer State became the eighth state to enact a comprehensive data privacy law after Gov. Bill Lee (R) signed the Tennessee Information Protection Act (“TIPA”) into law yesterday, May 11.
Tennessee joins a growing...more
5/12/2023
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Controlled Substances Act ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Farm Credit Administration ,
Fines ,
GLBA Privacy ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
NIST ,
Nonprofits ,
Opt-Outs ,
Penalties ,
Personal Information ,
Private Right of Action ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Tennessee
Issuing California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) warning letters is becoming an annual Data Privacy Day observance for California Attorney General Rob Banta. This year, the letters went to owners and operations of mobile...more
The so-called “HR exemption” taking employee and applicant personal information out of the control of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is about to come to an end. Employers who are “businesses” for purposes of the...more
10/18/2022
/ Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
Audits ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Compliance ,
Data Collection ,
Data Mapping ,
Data Retention ,
Exemptions ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Information ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Privacy Notice Rule ,
Right to Delete ,
Right To Know ,
Sensitive Personal Information
If you’ve relied on the temporary “exemption” for employee/applicant and business-to-business (B2B) personal information under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), those exemptions will expire on January 1, 2023. The...more
California Attorney General Rob Bonta has announced a major settlement under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and it will cost Sephora, Inc. a whopping $1.2 million in penalties. According to the release from...more
On April 28, 2022, the Connecticut legislature took the final step to become very close to passing comprehensive consumer privacy legislation as the Connecticut House of Representatives voted 144-5 in favor of Senate Bill 6,...more
5/4/2022
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
CDPA ,
Connecticut ,
COPPA ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Enforcement ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
FERPA ,
Governor Lamont ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Notice Requirements ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Data ,
Private Right of Action ,
Proposed Legislation ,
State Privacy Laws
As you may recall, the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”) established a new state privacy regulatory agency, the California Privacy Protection Agency Board (“CPPA Board”), and the CPRA vests certain rulemaking authority...more
Colorado has now joined California and Virginia to become the third US state to pass a comprehensive data privacy legislation when Governor Jared Polis signed the Colorado Privacy Act (the “CPA”) into law on July 8, 2021. The...more
8/3/2021
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
CDPA ,
Colorado ,
COPPA ,
Data Deletion ,
Data Protection ,
Enforcement ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
GLBA Privacy ,
Notice Requirements ,
Opt-Outs ,
Right of Access ,
State Privacy Laws
The Mintz Privacy & Cybersecurity Blog will be providing regular updates of notable pending US state privacy laws. Following our similar previous updates, the most recent of which may be found here, this update checks in on...more
As businesses continue to work on compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the multiple versions of regulations issued by the Attorney General’s Office, Attorney General Becerra has issued yet another...more
12/15/2020
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Information ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Public Comment ,
Rulemaking Process ,
State Attorneys General
Earlier this week, the California Department of Justice unexpectedly released a third set of proposed modifications to the CCPA regulations. This move took place only two months after the California Attorney General’s Office...more
10/14/2020
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Information Governance ,
Office of Administrative Law ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Information ,
Privacy Policy ,
State Attorneys General
As of March 12, 2020, the proposed Washington Privacy Act has foundered on enforcement rocks. The Senate did not agree with the House’s amendment that would have included a broad private right of action. The Senate’s version...more
3/13/2020
/ Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Enforcement Authority ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Laws ,
State and Local Government ,
State Data Breach Notification Statutes
The California Consumer Privacy Act becomes effective on January 1, 2020 with an amendment that impacts California employers. Covered businesses should, of course, already be in the process of preparing CCPA privacy notices...more
10/30/2019
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Protection ,
Employee Privacy Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Governor Newsom ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Policy ,
Right to Delete
Interested parties and privacy professionals have all been anxiously awaiting how legislative activity would shake out before the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) is implemented January 1, 2020. Now that the dust has...more
9/23/2019
/ Amended Legislation ,
B2B Organizations ,
B2B Transactions ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Collection ,
Governor Newsom ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Private Right of Action
Get ready: October 1, 2019 is the new date for many U.S. businesses to begin providing consumers the right to opt-out of the sale of their personal information. While January 1, 2020 was the date upon which many businesses...more