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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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
New Jersey continues the 2023 trend into 2024 of U.S. states quickly passing similar, omnibus data protection laws, becoming the 14th such state to do so.
Last year proved to be a huge year in U.S. state data protection...more
Last year proved to be a big year in data protection with U.S. state data protection laws popping up across the country, the FTC updating its guidance and regulations on everything from data breaches and biometric...more
1/18/2024
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The amended law comes into effect in April and covers new categories of personal information, including personal-related information and sensitive personal information.
In June 2021, Japan enacted an amendment to its privacy...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
Bill 64 largely tracks with already existing privacy regulations in other jurisdictions and will take effect over the course of the next three years, with some provisions taking effect in September 2022.
On September 21...more
10/1/2021
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