On March 23, 2025, 23andMe Holding Co. (“23andMe”) filed for bankruptcy in the Eastern District of Missouri, potentially setting in motion the sale of genetic data collected from more than 15 million people. This has led to...more
The New York State legislature passed the Health Information Privacy Act (“NYHIPA”) on January 22, 2025, marking the second state to introduce a comprehensive consumer health data law. If passed, the NYHIPA imposes more...more
3/6/2025
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On February 20, 2025, the Virginia legislature passed the High-Risk Artificial Intelligence Developer and Deployer Act (House Bill 2094, the “VA AI Act”) that mandates developers and deployers of high-risk artificial...more
3/5/2025
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Data Privacy ,
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Technology Sector ,
Virginia
On November 21, 2023, the Colorado Attorney General (the “AG”) published a shortlist of potential universal opt-out mechanisms (“UOOMs”) that the AG is considering recognizing as binding under the Colorado Privacy Act (the...more
Yesterday, October 17, 2022, the California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”) published its first set of Modified Proposed Regulations under the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”). The Modified Regulations have been...more
On January 26, 2022, the Georgia General Assembly introduced a bill titled the Georgia Computer Data Privacy Act (GCDPA). Despite its title, the GCDPA is not a “computer”-focused bill. It is instead is an omnibus privacy...more
On October 12, 2020, the California Department of Justice (“Department”) released its first set of proposed post-finalization modifications to the California Consumer Privacy Act Regulations (the “CCPA Regulations”)....more
Plaintiffs’ counsel have started to lay the groundwork for a broad private right of action under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).
The first part of this article provides an overview of how the CCPA addresses...more
At approximately 6:00 p.m. today, March 11, 2020, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced a second round of modifications to the draft regulations his office is preparing for the California Consumer Privacy Act...more
3/12/2020
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Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
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Data Security ,
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Proposed Regulation
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has released updated regulations to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) that contain a number of material modifications to the initial CCPA regulations released in October...more
2/14/2020
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Right to Delete
Our Privacy & Data Security Team summarizes the portions of California’s proposed regulations for the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) that are likely of material interest to companies across industries and highlights...more
10/15/2019
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Right to Delete
California passed the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in September 2018, and the CCPA enters into force on January 1, 2020. One of the CCPA’s core elements is a right for consumers to know when a company is selling...more