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Turn on the Tap/Increasing Participation in Water Affordability Programs Through Data Sharing: Natural Resources Defense...

The Natural Resources Defense Council and National Consumer Law Center (collectively, “NRDC”) have released a June 2025 report titled: TURN ON THE TAP: INCREASING PARTICIPATION IN WATER AFFORDABILITY PROGRAMS THROUGH DATA...more

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Upcoming Data Privacy Laws a Reminder to be All Over Your Map

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Much like the beginning of 2023, when two new state data privacy acts went into effect, the midpoint of 2023 will feature two more state data privacy acts coming onto the books. On July 1, 2023, the Colorado Privacy Act...more

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My Health, My Data Act: Washington State’s New Health Data Privacy Law Has a Nationwide Reach

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Washington state’s My Health, My Data Act (the Act), signed into law in April 2023, is a broad health data privacy law designed to protect consumer health data that falls outside the scope of HIPAA, such as health-related...more

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Florida Proposes New Data Privacy Legislation

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On February 15, 2021, Florida introduced House Bill 969, aimed at consumer privacy protection. A prior attempt last year by the Florida legislature to pass similar legislation failed to become law....more

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Sensitive Personal Information – What Is It and What Does It Mean for California Privacy Rights Act Compliance?

The California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) expands the definition of personal information as it currently exists in the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The CPRA adds “sensitive personal information” as a defined term,...more

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California Passes Prop 24 to Amend and Expand Consumers’ Privacy Rights

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) created groundbreaking new rules for how businesses must handle California consumers’ personal data and spurred proposals for similar legislation across the country. ...more

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California Approves Even Tougher Privacy Laws

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A majority of California voters approved the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA) on November 3. The CPRA expands provisions of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), creates new consumer privacy rights,...more

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CPRA – What This Means for Your Business

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On November 3, 2020, Californians voted to pass Proposition 24, which modifies and expands the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), which came into force on January 1 of this year. The new California Privacy Rights Act...more

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California’s Proposition 24 Passed – What Does It Mean for Your Business?

According to the Los Angeles Times and other media outlets, Californians passed Proposition 24, also known as the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA). With 71.61 percent of precincts reporting, the measure passed...more

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Substantial New Privacy Obligations for California Employers: The California Privacy Rights and Enforcement Act of 2020 Passes at...

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Less than a year after the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) went into effect, California’s electorate approved a ballot measure that will substantially expand the privacy obligations the CCPA imposes on employers. On...more

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California voters approve significant CCPA changes

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California voters have approved the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA or Proposition 24), a new law coming into effect on January 1, 2023 that will significantly amend the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). ...more

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California Governor Pulls the Plug on Genetic Information Privacy Act

Governor Gavin Newsom of California vetoed a bill that would have created new limitations on data sharing for direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies. The Genetic Information Privacy Act (GIPA) asked testing companies...more

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Data Privacy Bill Introduced in Washington State

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Washington may be the next state to enact its own data privacy law after a bill was introduced into the Washington State Senate earlier this month. Known as the Washington Privacy Act, the bill’s sponsor, Sen. Reuven Carlyle,...more

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

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

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The CCPA Has Placed a Mandatory Link on Your Company’s Homepage

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If a company sells personal information of California consumers, then the California Legislature has claimed real estate on its homepage. This article summarizes this new requirement of a “Do Not Sell My Personal Information”...more

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Nevada Passes Opt-Out Law, Effective October 2019 – Three Months Before the CCPA

Following in California’s footsteps, Nevada has passed a new privacy law providing consumers the right to opt out of the sale of their personal information. Senate Bill 220 (SB-220), signed into law by Governor Steve Sisolak...more

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Nevada Consumers Can Now Opt-Out of a Sale of Personal Information

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On May 29, 2019, Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak signed into law Senate Bill 220 (SB 220), which allows a Nevada consumer to “opt-out” of the sale of his or her personal information to a third party. ...more

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New Nevada Privacy Law With “Sale” Opt-Out Right Will Take Effect Before the CCPA

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Nevada has a new privacy law. On May 29, Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak signed Senate Bill 220 (SB-220) into law, making Nevada the first state to join California in granting consumers the right to opt out of the sale of their...more

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Using the GDPR to Comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act

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Just as many US businesses were scrambling to meet GDPR compliance, California quickly passed a broad new privacy act, giving businesses another privacy compliance headache. We’ve previously blogged on the dramatic history...more

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[WEBINAR] Automated Vehicle Pilot Project Risks and Smart Infrastructure

As pilot projects testing self-driving and connected vehicles continue to roll out across the country, new policy, liability and contractual issues arise — in addition to considerations around future "smart" infrastructure...more

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House Committee Considers Impact of Autonomous Vehicles on Insurance Models

• Limited access to autonomous vehicle operations data remains a key barrier to insurance companies’ development of adaptive insurance policies. • Representatives from the insurance industry support federal regulation of...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - May 2018 #4

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CYBERSECURITY - South Carolina Enacts Insurance Data Security Act - South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster signed the South Carolina Insurance Data Security Act into law on May 3, 2018. The law, parts of which become...more

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California Consumer Privacy Act Likely to Appear on Ballot in November

Businesses are understandably focused this week on the looming effective date for the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). For U.S. businesses, however, a proposed law closer to home would raise similar...more

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