Effective January 1, 2026, the Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act (TX H.B. 149, 2025) takes a unique approach to AI regulation—pulling threads from the EU AI Act, Colorado's comprehensive AI statute, and...more
7/7/2025
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Bias ,
Biometric Information ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Enforcement ,
New Legislation ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
State and Local Government ,
Technology ,
Texas
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
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
/ Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Protection ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Proposed Legislation ,
State and Local Government
With major consumer data breaches making headlines on a semi-regular basis, legislators around the country are starting to hold businesses more accountable for cybersecurity compliance. Industry-specific laws such as HIPAA...more
2/7/2018
/ Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
FTC Act ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Proposed Legislation ,
State and Local Government ,
State Data Breach Notification Statutes ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices