Last week, the Board of the Enforcement Division of the California Privacy Protection Agency (Agency) approved a settlement with California-based data broker Background Alert, Inc., requiring Background Alert to cease its...more
3/12/2025
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State Privacy Laws
Looking forward to 2025, more U.S. states are in line to pass omnibus data protection laws, enforcement of U.S. state data protection laws is likely to increase, and “sensitive data” concepts will similarly grow and take...more
New Hampshire joins New Jersey as the second state passing a data protection law in 2024. New Hampshire is the 15th overall US state to do so.
Last year proved to be a huge year in U.S. state data protection law, ending...more
Utah became the fourth U.S. state to pass an omnibus data protection law when the Utah Consumer Privacy Act was signed into law March 24, 2022.
As the page turns to a new year, a new U.S. state data protection law will...more
Data privacy laws have been progressing globally, but federal legislation in the U.S. has been lacking -
Businesses are facing a growing number of data privacy regulations. This is especially apparent among those in highly...more
5/22/2023
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State Privacy Laws
In 2023, a number of state data protection laws will be coming into effect and a number of entities who previously were not subject to data security and data privacy obligations will soon be within the scope of these laws....more
Beginning in January 2023, three new state privacy laws (and their applicable regulations) come into effect. They largely follow in the footsteps of the California Consumer Privacy Act that took effect in 2018. The new laws...more
Beginning in January 2023, three new state privacy laws (and their applicable regulations) come into effect. Additionally, several other countries have taken steps to implement or shore up their own privacy and data...more
Legislation was introduced this week that, if passed, would create the Ohio Personal Privacy Act.
HB 376, initiated by Lt. Governor Jon Husted, was introduced this week by Representative Rick Carfagna (R- Westerville) and...more