Consent, New Legislation, Covered Entities

Montana Amends Law to Cover Collection and Use of Neural Data

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/28/2025

Montana recently revised its Genetic Information Privacy Act to address neural data. The law went into effect in 2023, and applies to both entities that offer genetic testing services as well as entities that use genetic...more

The Peach State Takes a Bite at Privacy Law

BakerHostetler on 4/1/2024

The Georgia Senate voted to pass the Georgia Consumer Privacy Protection Act (SB 473) on Feb. 27th. Although the bill is similar to many other comprehensive state privacy laws, there are some notable distinctions....more

Examining the Likely Impact of Washington’s My Health, My Data Act on Class Action Litigation Involving Biometric Data

BakerHostetler on 12/1/2023

On April 27, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed into law House Bill 1155, colloquially known as the My Health, My Data Act (the Act). Passed in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson decision, the Act...more

Beyond HIPAA: What Businesses Need to Know as States Join Trend to Protect Consumer Health Data

Fisher Phillips on 8/14/2023

For decades, medical providers and other covered entities have satisfied their health-data privacy obligations by complying with the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) — but this is changing...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

Fins to the Left; Fins to the Right – Florida Considers a Private Right of Action for Biometric Privacy Violations

Womble Bond Dickinson on 3/6/2019

And if you are collecting, storing or using biometric information of any Parrotheads, you may end up being the only bait in town. A bill to create the Florida Biometric Privacy Act was just introduced in the Sunshine State...more