II-26 – Superbowl Concerns, Tax Reform/MeToo, Restrictive Covenant Crimes, and Expanded Religious Discrimination Theories
Now that we have passed the halfway mark in 2025, we are taking a look back at significant developments that have already occurred this year in the consumer data privacy landscape. Five more states’ comprehensive privacy laws...more
The New Jersey Data Protection Act (NJDPA), N.J. Stat. § 56:8-166.4 et seq., will go into effect on January 15, 2025, as New Jersey joins eighteen other states with comprehensive data privacy laws. ...more
Twelve new state comprehensive data privacy laws are set to go into effect over the next two years as the United States continues to catch up to foreign jurisdictions like the European Economic Area (EEA), making a total of...more
Minnesota has become the 19th state to pass a comprehensive data privacy law. On May 24, Governor Tim Walz signed into law the Minnesota Consumer Privacy Act (H.F. 4757) (the “MCPA”), which takes effect July 31, 2025....more
The final weeks for many state legislatures have witnessed significant movements in the U.S. data privacy landscape. Last month, Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen signed the Data Privacy Act, LB1074, into law....more
2023 saw a dramatic increase in states passing omnibus data protection laws. As the mid-point of 2024 arrives, effective dates also arrive. On July 1, 2024, the number of US states with broad, omnibus data protection laws...more
Like Texas’s data protection law, Nebraska’s does not contain a minimum revenue threshold or a minimum number of consumers whose personal data needs to be processed prior to the law applying....more
A California court recently ruled that enforcement of the California Privacy Protection Act (CPPA/CPRA) regulations should begin immediately, following a stay of enforcement proceedings by the court....more
The Colorado Privacy Act (“CPA”), Colorado’s first comprehensive consumer privacy law, came into effect on July 1, 2023. Like many new privacy laws, though, there has been uncertainty surrounding when meaningful enforcement...more
Last year, Connecticut became the fifth state to enact comprehensive legislation with respect to consumer privacy. The Connecticut Data Privacy Act (“DPA”) becomes effective on July 1st and applies to businesses that...more
On Tuesday, April 11, the Indiana House passed Senate Bill No. 5, a comprehensive state privacy law similar to the ones that are already in effect in California, Colorado, Virginia, Utah and Connecticut. This bill previously...more