California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Personal Data, New Legislation

Vermont Passes New Privacy Law Providing Safety Measures for Children Online

Benesch on 7/23/2025

Vermont’s new “Kids Code” hopes to improve children’s safety online by regulating the privacy, design, and data use of certain entities providing online services and collecting data about minors....more

California Closes Public Comment Period on Data Broker Regulations

WilmerHale on 9/11/2024

August 20, 2024 signaled the end of the California Privacy Protection Agency’s (CPPA) Notice of Proposed Regulatory Action (NPRA) comment period for Senate Bill 362, also known as the Delete Act (the “Act”)....more

Maryland Legislature Passes Consumer Data Privacy Bill

Husch Blackwell LLP on 4/8/2024

Keypoint: Maryland’s bill diverges from other Washington Privacy Act variants passed to date with unique data minimization, sensitive data, minor’s data privacy, and unlawful discrimination provisions (among others)....more

New Hampshire Passes Comprehensive Consumer Data Privacy Law

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 3/7/2024

On March 6, 2024, New Hampshire’s Governor signed Senate Bill 255, which establishes a consumer data privacy law for the state. The Granite State joins the myriad of state consumer data privacy laws. It is the second state in...more

One-Stop Deletion from Data Brokers - California’s Delete Act

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 11/3/2023

California Governor Newsom recently signed SB 362, known as the Delete Act, which creates a one-time mechanism for consumers to request that data brokers delete all personal data associated with the consumer. ...more

California Data Broker Bill Expands Consumer Data Deletion Rights, Empowers Deletion Agents

Hudson Cook, LLP on 10/16/2023

Data brokers face new registration and audit obligations, consumer data deletion rights, and exposure to fines under California's SB 362, the Delete Act. The bill was signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday. Effective...more

Washington State Imposes Far-Reaching Privacy Obligations for Consumer Health Data

Holland & Knight LLP on 5/3/2023

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

Iowa Set to Become Sixth U.S. State to Enact an Omnibus Data Protection Law While Federal Legislation Stagnates

Benesch on 3/30/2023

Like recent new U.S. state data protection laws, the Iowa law creates a “controller” and “processor” regime modeled more so after EU law than the first U.S. state data protection law in California—the CCPA. On March 15,...more

Outside the Playground: California’s Child Privacy Act Sets Rules for Child’s Play

DarrowEverett LLP on 3/6/2023

In his State of the Union address on February 7, 2023, President Biden affirmed his position on consumer data privacy protections and specifically his focus on strengthening protections for children. With several state data...more

Three More California Privacy Bills Become Law: CPPA Rulemaking Responsibility, Genetic Data Breaches, and New Genetic Information...

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 10/14/2021

Californians voted to enact the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”) almost one year ago. Last week, Governor Gavin Newsom signed three new privacy bills into law....more

Colorado Governor Signs Comprehensive Data Privacy Bill — How Does It Compare to California and Virginia?

Troutman Pepper Locke on 7/20/2021

On July 7, Governor Jared Polis signed Colorado's comprehensive data privacy bill (SB 21-190) into law. The Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) will go into effect on January 1, 2023, making Colorado the third state to enact a...more

Colorado Becomes the Third US State to Enact Comprehensive Privacy Legislation

Perkins Coie on 7/9/2021

Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) into law on July 7, 2021, making it the third comprehensive state privacy law enacted in the United States. California led with the California Consumer...more

The Colorado Privacy Act: Understanding Your Newest Compliance Challenge

Woods Rogers on 6/24/2021

In a growing trend, states around the nation are passing or considering their own data privacy laws. The Colorado Privacy Act (CPA, or “the Act”) will make Colorado the third state to pass major data privacy legislation. ...more

Virginia's New Data Privacy Law

Woods Rogers on 5/13/2021

Thank you for tuning in to Van Black Law’s Technology Roundup where we discuss the latest data and technology issues affecting your business. Today we’re going to discuss some of the major provisions of Virginia’s...more

Comprehensive Data Privacy Law Brings Big Changes to Virginia, but Excludes Employee Personal Data

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 4/7/2021

Virginia has joined California as the second state to enact a comprehensive data privacy law. On March 2, 2021, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA) into law....more

Virginia’s Privacy Law: A Primer

Butler Snow LLP on 3/25/2021

Virginia follows California in adopting a comprehensive consumer data privacy law. This article is a primer of the Virginia law, notes the key similarities and differences to the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), and...more

The Labyrinth Expands: Virginia Passes New Privacy Law with Additional Obligations for Businesses

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 3/15/2021

As businesses continue to weave their way through the labyrinth of privacy laws, from the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation to the California Consumer Privacy Act to the numerous other sectoral and international privacy...more

From Coast to Coast: Virginia Passes First Consumer Data Protection Act Since the CCPA

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 3/4/2021

Following in the footsteps of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the Commonwealth of Virginia has become the second U.S. state to enact comprehensive consumer data protection legislation. ...more

Governor Signs Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act

Woods Rogers on 3/3/2021

Elizabeth Burgin Waller Principal John Pilch Cybersecurity/Privacy Analyst The Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA, or “the Act”) makes Virginia the second state in the nation to have sweeping data privacy...more

Washington, New York, and Minnesota Introduce New Privacy Laws to Begin the New Year

Perkins Coie on 1/28/2021

It’s a new year and it looks like 2021 is going to be another eventful one for privacy. In the past few weeks, we’ve seen several states introduce new privacy legislation, starting with Washington. On January 5, the...more

California voters support the California Privacy Rights Act

Bricker Graydon LLP on 11/5/2020

CCPA, we hardly knew ye. While support may not have matched pre-election polling, Californians passed Proposition 24, a ballot initiative that creates the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) and substantially expands the...more

CCPA Amendments Signed by Governor Newsom

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 10/7/2020

Recently we wrote about two amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) that were awaiting signature on Governor Newsom’s desk: AB 1281 – which extends the one-year exemptions for employee information and...more

CA AB 1281 Passes CA Legislature

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 9/14/2020

On August 30 the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) Sunset Extension Bill, AB-1281, passed 63-0. The bill, which was introduced in early 2019, has passed through committee and chambers in the state of California,...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - March 2020 #2

Robinson & Cole LLP on 3/13/2020

City of Durham, NC Hit With Ryuk Ransomware - Another city—Durham, North Carolina—has become the victim of a ransomware attack stemming from a Russian hacker group following a successful phishing scheme. After falling...more

New Laws And Regulations: Insights For 2020

Morgan Lewis on 2/3/2020

A constantly evolving framework of laws governing how multinational businesses can contact customers to how nonprofits report business income to how overtime is calculated and paid will influence how companies do business...more

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