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The first class action complaint was filed under Washington’s My Health My Data Act (“MHMDA”) on February 10, 2025, more than a year after the law’s passage. When the law passed in April 2023, MHMDA was novel for its broad...more
On January 16, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced its Final Rule amendments to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) Rule, which imposes requirements on website and online service operators...more
On January 16, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published its Final Rule officially adopting updates to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). For a comprehensive overview of these changes, be sure to...more
The Federal Trade Commission's first update in over a decade to its rules under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) did not bring the dramatic updates that some privacy advocates had requested. Instead, the...more
On January 16, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) finalized changes to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Rule (Final Rule). The Final Rule adopts certain amendments that were proposed in...more
We are back for our sixth year of tracking proposed state privacy legislation and fifth year of providing weekly updates. As in past years, we will track proposed state privacy legislation through these weekly updates and our...more
Introduction - Illinois has enacted laws addressing rights and obligations related to data privacy. Companies and organizations that handle, collect, disseminate, or otherwise deal in nonpublic information have a number of...more
On June 6, 2023, Governor DeSantis signed Senate Bill (SB) 2262, legislation intended to create a “Digital Bill of Rights” for Floridians. While Florida’s new law provides similar privacy rights to consumers as other states’...more
The Florida Digital Bill of Rights (FDBR) was signed into law by Governor Ron DeSantis on June 6, 2023, making Florida the tenth state to enact a consumer data privacy law along with California, Virginia, Colorado,...more
The enactment of biometric privacy laws is a growing trend across the country. Existing legislation has led to a boon of class action litigation against employers, consumer-facing businesses, and technology companies for...more
The Tennessee Information Protection Act (TIPA) passed unanimously through both houses of the Tennessee legislature and was signed by Governor Bill Lee on May 11, 2023. Tennessee joins seven states in enacting a comprehensive...more
Since the privacy and security regulations were issued under the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), critics pointed to the limitations on the reach of those rules. A critical limitation...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 past two weeks have seen continued developments in the state comprehensive privacy legislative landscape. Maryland, Minnesota, and Texas have entered the fray with new proposals, bringing the total number of states that...more
Keypoint: The comments focus on identifying areas in which the Attorney General’s Office may provide additional clarity to consumers and businesses and to ensure, where appropriate, the interoperability of the Colorado...more
The CCPA defines “personal information” broadly as any information that “identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a...more
Shook Weighs in on Updated CCPA Regulations - In response to extensive public comment, the California Attorney General’s office released modified draft regulations under the CCPA on February 7. Shook has provided initial...more
Key trends are emerging out of the recently proposed CCPA “copycat” legislation across the United States, and Washington State is leading the charge for stricter data privacy legislation. Businesses should closely monitor the...more
State legislatures are looking for ways to make companies tighten up biometric data practices. Blank Rome attorneys explain it’s imperative that companies using biometric data devote the necessary time, effort, and resources...more
On February 21, 2019, California Assembly Bill 1130 came before the legislature. The bill would amend the state’s data breach notification law, which requires organizations to alert individuals after certain categories of...more