Colorado was the third state in the U.S. to pass comprehensive privacy legislation, following in the footsteps of California and Virginia (the Colorado Privacy Act (the “CPA”). Now Colorado is increasing protections again,...more
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
/ Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Covered Entities ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Protection Acts ,
Legislative Agendas ,
New Legislation ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Acts ,
Privacy Laws ,
Privacy Policy ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
State and Local Government ,
State Privacy Laws
Last week the Florida Senate passed its version of a comprehensive privacy law (SB 262), entitled the Florida Digital Bill of Rights. If signed by Governor DeSantis, the Digital Bill of Rights will require large companies...more
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
/ Consumer Protection Act ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Protection Principles ,
Legislative Agendas ,
New Legislation ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Laws ,
State and Local Government ,
State Privacy Laws
With incredible speed, Virginia became the second state in the United States with a comprehensive data privacy law. Virginia’s law is called the Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA). The CDPA is effective January 1, 2023,...more
3/11/2021
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
CDPA ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Privacy Policy ,
State and Local Government ,
Vendor Contacts ,
Virginia
Earlier we posted an article regarding the amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act by AB 25 and AB1355 creating a moratorium on the application of much of the CCPA to employee personal information—subject to...more
We don’t see a lot of data breach litigation here in the Fourth Circuit. So it is notable that the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion yesterday that weighs in on the standing debate (For more on the debate:...more
2/9/2017
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Article III ,
Data Breach ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Injury-in-Fact ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Privacy Laws ,
Standing ,
Subject Matter Jurisdiction ,
Substantial Risk of Harm ,
Summary Judgment
On June 13, 2016, the United States government asked the Irish High Court to be joined as amicus curiae (friend of the court) in the case brought by the Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems against Facebook attacking the use...more
6/28/2016
/ Article 29 Working Party (WP29) ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
Facebook ,
International Data Transfers ,
Ireland ,
Model Contracts ,
Privacy Laws ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
Surveillance ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework