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State AGs Take the Lead on Privacy Enforcement as Federal Action Stalls

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With the continued absence of comprehensive federal privacy legislation after nearly 20 years of debate, state attorneys general (AGs) are increasingly asserting their role as primary regulators in the data privacy space....more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

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

WilmerHale

State Comprehensive Privacy Law Update - April 2025

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The states bounced back from a somewhat quiet previous biweekly update with several noteworthy developments in the last two weeks. A total of five new state comprehensive privacy bills were introduced in Maine (LD 1224),...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Latest Installment of our Mintz Matrix!

Please visit here to visit our Mintz Matrix page with the latest edition of the Mintz Matrix, which is a 50-state resource we have maintained since 2009 to break down and summarize requirements of U.S. state data breach...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Artificial Intelligence Briefing: Trump 2.0 Executive Orders Revoke, Overhaul Biden Administration’s Approach

The AI landscape saw developments coming in at a breakneck pace throughout January 2025. We’re diving into the latest executive orders from the new White House administration, proposed HIPAA security rule revisions addressing...more

WilmerHale

State Comprehensive Privacy Law Update - January 2025

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State legislatures kept busy last year, passing seven new comprehensive privacy laws, and wrapping up 2024 with a total of nineteen state comprehensive laws imposed across the country....more

WilmerHale

Year in Review: The Top Ten US Data Privacy Developments from 2024

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2024 was another year of substantial legislative and regulatory advances at the international, federal, and state levels with regard to data protection law. Artificial intelligence (AI) regulation continued to hurdle forward...more

Wiley Rein LLP

10 Key Privacy Developments and Trends to Watch in 2025

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As we enter the New Year, Wiley is looking ahead to the top privacy developments and trends to watch in 2025. On the state side, 2025 kicked off with several new privacy laws going into effect in January, and states continue...more

Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A.

The Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act: Minnesota Becomes the 18th State to Enact a Comprehensive Consumer Privacy Law

On May 24, 2024, Governor Walz signed into law the Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act (MNCDPA). This landmark law is the first set of comprehensive consumer privacy standards specific to Minnesota residents. The law will...more

WilmerHale

Year in Review: CCPA Litigation Trends from 2023

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This post is part of a series of articles we are doing on 2023 data protection litigation trends. While the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is most known for its onerous privacy compliance obligations, the law also...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Texas amends data breach reporting requirements

Texas recently amended its breach notification statute to shorten the time businesses have to notify the state Attorney General after a data breach affecting 250 or more Texas residents. As of September 1, businesses must...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

California Attorney General Announces New CCPA Investigative Sweep of Employers

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Keypoint: The Attorney General’s investigatory sweep focuses on how large California employers are handling the expiration of the CCPA’s employee data exemption. On July 14, 2023, the California Attorney General announced a...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Colorado AG Enacts Landmark State Privacy Act Rules

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On March 15, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser recorded the final version of the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) Rules, granting Coloradans rights over their own personal data. Effective July 1, the CPA marks the third state...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

NY Attorney General Settlement Highlights Challenges of Username and Password Breaches

October was a busy month in New York for cybersecurity enforcement. In addition to a $4.5 million settlement between the New York Department of Financial Services and EyeMed Vision Care (discussed in a forthcoming blog post),...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Colorado Attorney General’s Office Issues Draft Colorado Privacy Act Regulations

On September 30, 2022, the Colorado Attorney General’s Office (the AG’s Office) released draft regulations to the Colorado Privacy Act (the CPA). Before these proposed regulations take effect, however, there will be a lengthy...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Colorado AG Publishes Draft Privacy Rules

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On October 1, 2022, the Colorado Attorney General‘s Office announced that it had submitted the first draft of its Rules implementing the Colorado Privacy Act....more

Kilpatrick

CCPA Financial Penalties: Four Takeaways from the California AG’s $1.2 Million Enforcement Action that Should Inform Your...

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We warned you last summer that California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) enforcement was heating up! The California Attorney General (“CAG”) announced a settlement with cosmetics retailer, Sephora. That, among other penalties,...more

Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth

Navigating the Financial Incentive Requirement of the California Consumer Privacy Act

Since its enactment at the beginning of 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) has garnered a significant amount of attention. The watershed legislation, which is intended to strengthen privacy rights in the state...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Colorado AG to Engage in Robust Colorado Privacy Act Rulemaking

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Keypoint: In the next few months, the Colorado Attorney General’s office will start CPA rulemaking on numerous topics with the goal of publishing draft rules by this fall and adopting final rules by next winter. On January...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

Worth the Wait? Key Takeaways from California Attorney General CCPA Enforcement Case Summaries

Before the CCPA became enforceable on July 1, 2020, much ink was spilled (or many keys were hit) about the California Office of the Attorney General’s (“OAG”) ability to obtain civil penalties for CCPA violations. After that...more

Hudson Cook, LLP

California Attorney General Focuses on Targeted Advertising and Disclosures in CCPA Enforcement

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The Office of the Attorney General of California began enforcing the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA") more than a year ago and recently released a set of enforcement case examples it has pursued against businesses....more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

California AG Releases Important CCPA Enforcement Information and Announces an Online Consumer Reporting Tool

To note the one year anniversary of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) enforcement date, California Attorney General Rob Banta held a press conference on July 19, 2021 to share key information about enforcement...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

CCPA Update: California AG Releases List of Enforcement Actions 

The California Office of the Attorney General has published a list of recent CCPA enforcement examples on its website. Each example summarizes the AG’s allegation of noncompliance and the steps that the companies took to...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Texas Joins Other States With New Texas Data Breach Notification Requirement: Is This A New Trend?

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The Texas Legislature, which meets every other year, pushed a change to its data breach notification law at the end of the session in late May, and yesterday Governor Greg Abbott signed the bill into law...more

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Privacy Bill Essentials: Proposed Federal Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act

On April 29, 2021, Senator Jerry Moran of Kansas reintroduced a comprehensive federal privacy bill entitled the Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act (the Act). The Act integrates themes from the CCPA and GDPR and provides...more

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