U.S. Senate and House committee chairs took a decisive step toward enacting national data privacy legislation with the release (in draft) of the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA) on March 31. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash.,...more
4/11/2024
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Despite the great strides companies have made to mitigate the risks associated with security breaches, including putting insurance in place to cover those risks, cyber criminals have remained two steps ahead, finding new and...more
1/20/2022
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U.S. state legislatures accelerated efforts in 2021 to fill the gap created by the absence of national data privacy legislation. California, Virginia, and Colorado passed or amended data protection laws, and the trend is...more
12/10/2021
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On March 2, the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA) was signed into law, becoming the second comprehensive state privacy law in the United States. The VCDPA reflects core principles from the California Consumer...more
3/9/2021
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