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On June 25, Connecticut Governor Lamont signed Senator James Maroney’s SB 1295 into law. The bill makes several notable changes to Connecticut’s existing consumer data privacy law, including modifying its applicability...more
As the integration of technology in the workplace accelerates, so do the challenges related to privacy, cybersecurity, and the ethical use of artificial intelligence (AI). Human resource professionals and in-house counsel...more
It is often said that the law lags behind the pace of technological development. Yet, while computer chip implants and wearable brain activity monitors are only just starting to show technical viability, two states recently...more
Recent U.S. developments indicate a growing focus on regulating and investigating the data privacy practices of companies in the automotive sector. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently highlighted in a blog post its...more
“Cybersecurity” has emerged as one of top risks facing organizations. Considering the steady stream of massive data breaches affecting millions (sometimes billions), the debilitating effects of ransomware on an organization’s...more
Welcome to this month's issue of The BR Privacy & Security Download, the digital newsletter of Blank Rome’s Privacy, Security & Data Protection practice....more
The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) released initial draft regulations for cybersecurity audits (which have since been amended) and risk assessments late this summer. The agency’s board of directors addressed the...more
Editor’s Note: As the summer months come to an end, there has been no shortage of privacy news and updates. Oregon signed both a comprehensive privacy law and data broker law, and the SEC adopted new rules regarding the...more
On May 18, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a policy statement warning about the increased use of consumers’ biometric information and related marketing of technologies that use biometric information. The agency...more
The Washington My Health My Data Act (the MHMD Act) was signed into law on April 27, 2023, creating new restrictions on the collection and disclosure of "consumer health data" by companies in Washington or that is related to...more
While there is no comprehensive, federal United States law governing privacy, there are several major state laws that are currently in place. To help our clients assess their compliance posture, we have published a quick,...more
The Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), enacted in 2008, was one of the first state laws to address commercial collection of biometric data. Biometric data includes an iris scan, a fingerprint, a voiceprint,...more
CYBERSECURITY - Joint Advisory Outlines Attacks by Daixin Team - The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, the FBI and the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services released a Joint Advisory last week warning...more
On September 30, 2022, the Colorado Attorney General’s Office (the AG’s Office) released draft regulations to the Colorado Privacy Act (the CPA). Before these proposed regulations take effect, however, there will be a lengthy...more
2022 has been a busy legislative year for privacy. Dozens of states considered consumer privacy bills, two states enacted privacy consumer bills and California released proposed California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)...more
Keypoint: This week the Delaware House passed a data broker bill, the Connecticut Data Privacy Act was sent to the Governor, Louisiana scheduled a hearing on its bill, and the Hawaii legislature closed without passing a bill....more
Keypoint: This week a new bill was introduced in Michigan; the Connecticut bill passed a second committee; Maryland and Kentucky legislatures adjourned without passing bills; Virginia Governor Youngkin signed three VCDPA...more
Keypoint: This week a new bill was introduced in Louisiana; the Maryland work group bill received an unfavorable committee report; the Connecticut bill was referred to a second committee; and California’s biometric privacy...more
Keypoint: This week there were hearings on bills in Maryland, Rhode Island and Vermont, and the Oklahoma bill was assigned to the same committee where a similar bill died last year....more
Keypoint: This week the Utah Governor signed the Utah Consumer Privacy Act, the Oklahoma House passed a bill, and a committee hearing was held in Rhode Island. Below is our eleventh weekly update on the status of proposed...more
Keypoint: This week the Iowa House passed a bill, but it appears to have stalled in the Senate; Connecticut’s bill passed out of committee; Maryland advanced a work group bill out of the Senate and a biometric privacy bill...more
Welcome to this month's issue of The BR Privacy & Security Download, the digital newsletter of Blank Rome’s Privacy, Security & Data Protection practice. ...more
Keypoint: This week the Utah Senate and Wisconsin Assembly passed bills, the Florida House Judiciary Committee advanced HB9, new bills were introduced in Connecticut and Kentucky, and Virginia lawmakers passed a VCDPA...more
Keypoint: This week new bills were introduced in Arizona, Iowa, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin, bills were voted out of committee in Florida, New York, and Ohio, and there was more movement on the VCDPA amendment bills....more