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No Password Required: Former Lead Attorney at U.S. Cyber Command, Cyber Law Strategist, and Appreciator of ‘Mad Men’ Hats

Carlton Fields on 7/29/2025

On this episode, hosts Jack Clabby of Carlton Fields and Kayley Melton, executive director of operations at the Cognitive Security Institute, sit down with Kurt Sanger — a seasoned cyber law leader and former deputy general...more

How the FTC’s Approach to Privacy, Security, and AI Enforcement May Change Under Trump 2.0

Perkins Coie on 12/5/2024

The election of Donald Trump is likely to have a significant impact on the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) approach to privacy, data security, and other technology-related aspects of consumer protection, including...more

How the UK intends to reform data protection law

Hogan Lovells on 6/28/2022

On 17 June 2022, the UK government published its refined plans for reforming UK data protection law, following a detailed consultation exercise undertaken last year. The proposals form part of wider changes to the UK...more

Status Of Proposed CCPA-Like State Privacy Legislation As Of June 7, 2021

Husch Blackwell LLP on 6/7/2021

Keypoint: This week the Colorado legislature continued to advance the Colorado Privacy Act, and the Nevada Governor signed into law a bill that will broaden the state’s pre-existing right to opt out of sales as of October 1,...more

Status Of Proposed CCPA-Like State Privacy Legislation As Of May 31, 2021

Husch Blackwell LLP on 6/1/2021

Keypoint: This week the Colorado Senate passed the Colorado Privacy Act, the Nevada legislature passed a bill to broaden the state’s pre-existing right to opt out of sales, and the New York Privacy Act advanced to a third...more

Status Of Proposed CCPA-Like State Privacy Legislation As Of May 24, 2021

Husch Blackwell LLP on 5/24/2021

Keypoint: This week the Connecticut Senate Appropriations Committee and New York Consumer Protection Committee passed their bills, and the Nevada Assembly passed its bill, which would broaden Nevada’s pre-existing right to...more

Status Of Proposed CCPA-Like State Privacy Legislation As Of May 10, 2021

Husch Blackwell LLP on 5/10/2021

Keypoint: This week an amended version of the Colorado Privacy Act unanimously passed out of committee, Alaska’s House held another hearing on its bill (and scheduled another hearing for May 12), Connecticut’s bill was tabled...more

Insights Special Edition: Biden’s First 100 Days

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 5/6/2021

While combatting the COVID-19 pandemic, the Biden administration also shifted the direction of policy in a number of legal and regulatory areas during its first 100 days. We examine the initiatives, executive orders, nominees...more

Florida Businesses Dodge a Data Privacy Bullet - for Now

Bilzin Sumberg on 5/4/2021

Well, it’s over, with a whimper. After months of will-they-or-won’t-they, the Florida legislature went with “won’t” on enacting Florida House Bill 969, the “Florida Privacy Protection Act.” ...more

Privacy Legislation Continues on the West Coast: How Does the Washington Privacy Act Compare to the California Consumer Protection...

Fisher Phillips on 3/5/2020

Background - While the federal government continues to work on a national program of consumer privacy safeguards, Washington is on the brink of joining California in a West Coast wave of consumer privacy legislation. In...more

Washington State Lawmakers Divided Over Private Right of Action and Other Relief in Dueling Data Privacy Bills

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 2/19/2020

- The Washington state Senate has passed its version of a consumer data privacy bill as state lawmakers debate proposed legislation for the Washington Privacy Act, the state’s first data privacy law. - In their own bill,...more

The Massachusetts Legislature Hits the Pause Button on Comprehensive Consumer Data Privacy

Pierce Atwood LLP on 2/10/2020

Massachusetts consumers and businesses now know that the Commonwealth will likely not be the next jurisdiction to adopt sweeping consumer data privacy legislation. Earlier last week, the Joint Committee on Consumer Protection...more

The Next Act for the Architect of the California Consumer Privacy Act: The California Privacy Rights Act

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 1/31/2020

With the CCPA having just become effective January 1st, 2020, affected entities and consumers may not have expected that actions are already being taken to dramatically amplify the consumer protections put in place by the...more

UK Government set to move forwards with regulation on consumer IoT device security

Hogan Lovells on 1/30/2020

UK Government set to move forwards with regulation on consumer IoT device security The UK Government has just announced that it intends to draw up legislation aimed at ensuring that all consumer smart devices sold in the UK...more

Florida’s Proposed Privacy Legislation: An In-Depth Analysis for Corporate Counsel

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 1/28/2020

The Florida Senate and House of Representatives are considering two bills (SB 1670 and HB 963) that, if adopted, will amend Florida law to create the state’s first comprehensive privacy law (though they do not go nearly as...more

Tracking Privacy: State Developments to Keep an Eye On

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 1/21/2020

We are a little more than two weeks into the new year and we’ve already seen several states introduce comprehensive privacy legislation on the heels of California’s Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). It is no easy task to stay on...more

Florida’s Legislature to Consider Consumer Data Privacy Bill Akin to California’s CCPA

Carlton Fields on 1/15/2020

Florida lawmakers have proposed data privacy legislation that, if adopted, would impose significant new obligations on companies offering a website or online service to Florida residents, including allowing consumers to “opt...more

Oregon Senator Introduces Sweeping Legislation to Secure Personal Information and Hold Corporations Accountable

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 10/30/2019

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., recently introduced comprehensive privacy legislation, known as the “Mind Your Own Business Act” (MYOB Act), to provide protections for the private data of Americans and to hold corporate...more

Status Report on Federal Privacy Developments Heading into the Fall

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 9/26/2019

• The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) goes into effect on January 1, 2020. The window of opportunity to pass federal privacy legislation to preempt the CCPA in the 116th Congress is rapidly closing. • Discussions are...more

CCPA Amendments – Employees and the Loyalty Program Change Nobody is Talking About

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 7/19/2019

Those interested in keeping up with the latest news impacting the California Consumer Privacy Act have been heavily focused on AB 25, and its potential to exclude employees from the scope of the CCPA. In a marathon late-night...more

California Senate Judiciary Committee Advances Amendments to the CCPA

Ballard Spahr LLP on 7/11/2019

At what has been described as a marathon hearing that lasted late into the night of July 9, the California Senate Judiciary Committee advanced several amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”), but major...more

States Continue to Expand Breach Notification Requirements in 2019

Perkins Coie on 7/1/2019

As more and larger data breaches come to light, states continue to update and expand their breach notification statutes, adding to the patchwork of notification obligations that now exists in every state. Generally speaking,...more

Consumer Privacy Protection Party Grows – State Legislators Introduce CCPA-Like Bills

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 5/13/2019

In the wake of the passage of the EU's General Data Protection Rule (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), state policymakers throughout the U.S. are focusing their attention on consumer privacy in the digital...more

State Legislators Joining the Consumer Privacy Protection Party: Introduced CCPA-Like Bills

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 3/19/2019

In 2018, the California legislature made headlines with its game-changing data protection law: the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018. ...more

States Propose Bills with CCPA-Like Provisions

Jones Day on 3/5/2019

The U.S. data privacy landscape continues to evolve. Last year, the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA") passed following the EU General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR"). Nine additional states have since introduced...more

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