Are you ready for the next set of US state privacy laws going into effect? Delaware, Iowa, Nebraska, and New Hampshire are effective January 1, and New Jersey’s law go into effect two weeks later (January 15)....more
In the second in our series of new CCPA regulations from California, we look at proposed rules for use of automated decisionmaking technology. As a reminder, CCPA discusses these technologies in relation to profiling, namely...more
12/12/2024
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The California Privacy Protection Agency released proposed CCPA rules for a variety of topics in November, as well as announcing an investigative sweep for compliance with the Delete Act. Topics include the following, which...more
12/9/2024
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Cybersecurity ,
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Machine Learning ,
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Regulatory Agenda ,
State Privacy Laws
Regulations impacting children’s use of social media continues to be a space in motion the past few months. There have been developments at both the state level, as well as with the FTC. And there is no sign of slowing down....more
11/7/2024
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Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
First Amendment ,
Florida ,
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Online Safety for Children ,
Parental Consent ,
Privacy Laws ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Social Media ,
State Legislatures ,
State Privacy Laws
The dust is beginning to settle from the raft of AI-related bills Governor Newsom signed last month in California. (See for example, our post about neural data.) Most of the provisions will not go into effect for another few...more
10/30/2024
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California ,
Data Security ,
Disclosure ,
Entertainment Industry ,
Healthcare ,
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Privacy Laws ,
Robocalling ,
State and Local Government ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Transparency
The FTC’s staff report summarizes how it views the operations of social media and video streaming companies. Of particular interest is the insight it gives into potential enforcement focus in the coming months, and into 2025....more
2024 seems like it is flying by. For those keeping track of US state “comprehensive” privacy laws you know that October 1 – a week away – brings the effective date of the Montana privacy law. The “big sky” state will join...more
9/24/2024
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Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
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Montana ,
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State Privacy Laws
Pennsylvania AG Michelle Henry announced yesterday the launch of an online portal for businesses to report data breaches to the AG’s office. The portal launch comes before Pennsylvania’s new breach amendments take effect on...more
Minnesota’s governor has now signed into law that state’s comprehensive privacy law. For those keeping count – that is number 19 of state “comprehensive” privacy laws, with six in 2024 alone. The Minnesota law will go into...more
6/10/2024
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Data Protection ,
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Notice Requirements ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Data ,
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Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Sensitive Business Information ,
State Privacy Laws
Maryland’s new comprehensive data privacy law, the Maryland Online Data Privacy Act, was recently signed into law by Governor Moore. This brings the total number of state “comprehensive” privacy laws to 18, five of which have...more
5/21/2024
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Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
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