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State Privacy Regulators Announce Formation of Privacy ‘Supergroup’

The concept of the “supergroup” may have originated with rock and roll, but on April 16, 2025, privacy practitioners in the United States learned that a whole new type of supergroup has been formed. ...more

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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

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The New Frontier of California Privacy Enforcement: A Tougher Era for Data Brokers

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Last week, the Board of the Enforcement Division of the California Privacy Protection Agency (Agency) approved a settlement with California-based data broker Background Alert, Inc., requiring Background Alert to cease its...more

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What Businesses Need to Know About Md.’s New Online Data Privacy Act

Maryland will soon have some of the strictest data protection and privacy requirements in the nation after the Maryland Online Data Privacy Act of 2024 (MODPA) was signed into law by Gov. Wes Moore last week....more

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FTC Emerges as Leader in Health Privacy Enforcement

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Over the past year, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has emerged as a leading actor in the health privacy enforcement space, spearheading enforcement actions, policy statements, and regulatory changes all aimed at...more

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Israeli Privacy Protection Authority Clarifies Scope of Duty to Inform on Collection and Use of Personal Information

Israel’s Privacy Protection Authority (PPA) recently published its position on the duty to inform when collecting and using personal data. This is an important position, as it clarifies how to design the interface with the...more

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[Webinar] What the Heck is Happening in California? An Update on California’s Privacy Law Landscape - February 9th, 3:00 pm - 4:00...

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With the effective enforcement date of the CCPA in January 1, 2020; a new privacy law, the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), passed by California voters in November 2020; and a new Attorney General on the horizon,...more

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The California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 Passed, Now What?

On November 3, 2020, California voters passed Ballot Proposition 24,The California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (“CPRA”), significantly amending the State’s recently effective California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), which is...more

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CCPA “2.0” Inches Closer To Qualifying For California’s November Ballot

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On May 4, 2020, Californians for Consumer Privacy (CCP), the organization behind the ballot initiative that led to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), announced that it has begun submitting signatures to qualify the...more

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UPDATED: It’s Déjà vu All Over Again: Washington Privacy Act Fails to Pass

As of March 12, 2020, the proposed Washington Privacy Act has foundered on enforcement rocks. The Senate did not agree with the House’s amendment that would have included a broad private right of action. The Senate’s version...more

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Maine Law Will Place Strict Restrictions on Internet Service Providers

Maine’s legislature unanimously passed a new law—“An Act to Protect the Privacy of Online Customer Information” (the “Act”)—that will impose strict data protection restrictions on broadband internet service providers (ISPs)...more

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Latest Congressional Efforts to Enact Privacy Legislation

• On October 17, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced legislation to establish baseline privacy and cybersecurity protections and issue fines to companies and criminal penalties to senior executives. • The New Democrat...more

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California Sunshine — The California Consumer Privacy Act (Part I of II)

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When the federal government fails to assume responsibility for establishing law and policy in important federal areas of jurisdiction, the individual states then spring into action to fill the vacuum. ...more

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Senate Holds Hearing on Consumer Perspectives as Congress Continues to Develop Federal Privacy Legislation

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On May 1, 2019, the Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing on “Consumer Perspectives: Policy Principles for a Federal Data Privacy Framework”—the Committee’s third hearing during this session discussing principles for...more

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