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States Move Forward with Privacy Protections to Close HIPAA Gaps for Health, Reproductive Health Info

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When it comes to safeguarding health data, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is paramount. HIPAA’s extensive reach encompasses nearly all healthcare providers and all health plans, affecting just...more

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New Year, New Rules? New York’s Health Privacy Bill S-929 advances

Just in time for setting a new year’s resolution, the New York Senate passed health privacy bill S-929. This bill was first introduced during the 2024 legislative session but failed to pass. Now in the early weeks of 2025,...more

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Consumer Protection Update: With Disruption at the Federal Level, State Attorneys General Are Likely to Loom Large

We are less than a month into the new Trump administration and are seeing an unprecedented wave of activity and major changes at federal agencies. These changes promise to bring significant disruption to the staff and...more

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California Attorney General Issues Two Advisories Summarizing Law Applicable to AI

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If you are looking for a high-level summary of California laws regulating artificial intelligence (AI), check out the two legal advisories issued by California Attorney General Rob Bonta. The first advisory is directed at...more

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The Rise of State Attorney General Privacy Enforcement

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Since the passage of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in 2018, and in the absence of a comprehensive data privacy law at the federal level, states have increasingly sought to enact their own privacy legislation. ...more

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Connecticut Attorney General Releases Report on Connecticut Data Privacy Act Enforcement

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On February 1, Connecticut Attorney General (AG) William Tong released a report detailing the AG’s initial efforts to enforce the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA or “the Act”) and providing recommendations on how the Act...more

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Your Organization Has Suffered a Data Incident: Now Here Are the Regulators It Will Likely Encounter

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Government regulators are seemingly as numerous as the stars nowadays, especially in the universe of data incidents. When organizations experience a data incident, they will need to quickly assess what happened, why it...more

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Enforcing U.S. Consumer Data Privacy Laws Part 2: State Attorney General Enforcement

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In this second installment, we focus on the role of state attorneys general in enforcing U.S. consumer data privacy laws. For our most recent previous article, click here. Most federal privacy laws do not preempt applicable...more

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Bonta Leads Coalition Calling Federal Consumer Privacy Legislation Without State Preemption

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California AG Rob Bonta, together with AGs from ten other states, sent a letter urging Congressional leadership to advance consumer privacy legislation that provides a federal ‘floor’ for consumer privacy rights without...more

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Massachusetts Legislature Evaluates Its Own Comprehensive Consumer Privacy Law

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The Massachusetts Information Privacy and Security Act (MIPSA) continues to advance through the state legislative process, and is now before the full legislature. While the Act has several hurdles to clear before becoming...more

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Colorado Privacy Act Introduced

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Keypoint: The Colorado bill mirrors the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act and Washington Privacy Act but contains some notable differences. On March 19, 2021, Colorado lawmakers introduced the Colorado Privacy Act...more

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Oklahoma House Passes Computer Data Privacy Act

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Keypoint: Although weakened from its original version, the Oklahoma bill would (if enacted) provide substantial privacy rights to Oklahoma residents and, in some respects, provide more privacy protections than found in the...more

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Comprehensive State Privacy Laws On The Move, How Should Organizations Evaluate Them?

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Virginia may be the first state to follow California’s lead on consumer privacy legislation, but it certainly will not be the last. The International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) observed, “State-Level momentum...more

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Proposed Regulations and Recent Amendments Clarify Compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act as Effective Date Looms

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The California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”) is poised to become the strongest consumer privacy law in the United States when it goes into effect on January 1, 2020. The CCPA affords consumers unprecedented rights in...more

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