On June 7, 2021, the Colorado House of Representatives passed the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA), a comprehensive privacy law similar to the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) and California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), as well...more
6/9/2021
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State Privacy Laws
As many businesses occupy themselves with coming into compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) before the law’s effective date of January 1, 2020, Congress is renewing discussion of a possible comprehensive...more
12/11/2019
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State Data Privacy Laws
Since our reports on February 20, 2019 and April 30, 2019, no states have followed California in adopting comprehensive privacy legislation but three states have enacted targeted privacy laws. In May Nevada enacted a law...more
Since our February 20, 2019 report on privacy bills moving through state legislatures around the country, four new bills modeled on the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) have been introduced—in Connecticut, New York,...more
This week both the House and Senate held hearings kicking off the legislative process for federal privacy legislation. Legislators from both parties voiced support for comprehensive and bipartisan legislation. ...more
3/4/2019
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