So far 2024 has seen a flurry of new and proposed state comprehensive privacy legislation. Nebraska and Kentucky are the two latest states to jump on the bandwagon. Both follow the now familiar framework established by the...more
5/7/2024
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State Privacy Laws
Iowa has become the latest state to enact a consumer privacy law, joining California, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, and Virginia. On March 28, Governor Kim Reynolds signed into law Senate File 262, which effective January 1,...more
4/5/2023
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State Privacy Laws
Facebook is at the center of the “Schrems” case, which exposed contradictions between U.S. and EU data privacy rules and toppled the U.S./EU Safe Harbor (Schrems I). In Schrems II, Austrian Max Schrems challenges the adequacy...more
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) imposes significant protections for California residents covered by the law, and significant burdens for companies required to comply with it. One area of concern is whether the CCPA...more
10/4/2019
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Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
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Disclosure Requirements ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Records ,
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Job Applicants ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Data
Following in the footsteps of California, and the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, the State of Washington is taking steps to adopt a comprehensive privacy law focused on protecting consumer information....more
4/11/2019
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Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Protection ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
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Proposed Legislation ,
State and Local Government
On February 24, 2016, President Obama signed into law the Judicial Redress Act giving citizens of certain “covered countries” access to U.S. courts to protect their privacy and take legal action against U.S. government...more
On the same day that groundhog Punxsutawney Phil predicted an early Spring, the EU College of Commissioners brought some sunshine of its own, announcing yesterday that it has reached an agreement with the U.S. on transfers of...more