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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Congress Passes Homebuyer Lead Reform Bill, Limiting Mortgage Lead Sharing Under FCRA

On August 2, the U.S. Senate passed the Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act (H.R. 2808) by unanimous consent, which amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) to restrict consumer reporting agencies from sharing “trigger...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

House Subcommittee Considers Modernizing Financial Services Under a National Privacy Framework

On Thursday, the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions held a hearing entitled, ​“Framework for the Future: Reviewing Data Privacy in Today’s Financial System.” Hearing testimony...more

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State Comprehensive Privacy Law Update - March 2025

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As the legislative season continues, some states, like Georgia and Oklahoma, have continued to progress in the efforts to establish a comprehensive data privacy law while others, such as Alabama, Illinois, and Massachusetts,...more

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FCRA in Focus

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Join us for a new episode of Financial Services Focus with partner Eric Mitzenmacher and associate Kerri Webb, as they discuss the CFPB's recently proposed FCRA rulemaking, which, if finalized as proposed, would affect the...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Who Regulates Residential Mortgage Trigger Leads?

In a bit of a surprise development at the end of 2024, the United States Senate passed the Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act, which amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) to include specific restrictions on the use of...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Nebraska’s Consumer Privacy Law Takes Effect Soon and Targets Businesses Selling Personal Data

We are moving westward this week from Iowa to Nebraska in our series of articles providing in-depth summaries of state consumer privacy laws taking effect across the nation. Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen (R) signed the...more

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State Comprehensive Privacy Law Update - February 2023

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The past two weeks have seen continued developments in the state comprehensive privacy legislative landscape. Maryland, Minnesota, and Texas have entered the fray with new proposals, bringing the total number of states that...more

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Massachusetts Legislature Evaluates Its Own Comprehensive Consumer Privacy Law

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The Massachusetts Information Privacy and Security Act (MIPSA) continues to advance through the state legislative process, and is now before the full legislature. While the Act has several hurdles to clear before becoming...more

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Privacy Update: Best Practices for the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act

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Best Practices for the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act - The Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDA) Working Group of the Joint Commission on Technology and Science released its final report on best practices...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Compliance News Flash - March 2021 #1

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP is pleased to provide you with the Compliance News Flash, which includes current news briefs relevant to background screening, immigration and data privacy, for the benefit and interest of our...more

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State Legislatures Make Privacy a Priority as 2020 Sessions Begin

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As state legislatures begin their 2020 sessions, proposals for stronger privacy laws are at the top of the agenda across the country. Carrying forward the story we told in reports in February, April, and July of last year,...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

New CCPA amendments bring clarity prior to the January 1, 2020 deadline

In the run-up to January 1, 2020, the California legislature and Attorney General are rushing to provide clarity to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) - and businesses are rushing to interpret and implement...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

CCPA Amendments – What did California Actually Do?

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The rush for California to get all of the “rules of the road” ready for next year has seemed to cause a bit of confusion with California’s privacy law. Draft regulations were published the same day the Governor signed into...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

State Legislature Hears Concerns About Proposed Massachusetts Consumer Data Privacy Bill

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On October 7, 2019, the Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure held a hearing on pending legislation, including An Act Relative to Consumer Data Privacy (S.120). Modeled on the California Consumer...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

CCPA Final Amendments: Where the Act Will Stand

With the close of the California legislative session on September 13, 2019, the final amendments to the California Consumer Protection Act ("CCPA") have been submitted to California Governor Gavin Newsom for his signature....more

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The Results Are in: Modest Changes to CCPA Await the Governor’s Signature

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Since the California Consumer Privacy Act’s (CCPA) hasty passage in June last year and minor changes last September, the CCPA has vexed businesses working on compliance. Among many practical challenges, the CCPA often...more

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CCPA Amendments Provide Important Clarification

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While privacy laws are proliferating globally, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is California’s comprehensive and landmark legislation that seeks to give California consumers expanded rights to learn about and...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

CCPA Update: Changes, Clarifications, but no Major Overhaul Heading to Governor’s Desk

The California Legislature passed several bills amending the forthcoming California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Although the amendments contain some significant changes, outlined here, the most important and groundbreaking...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

CCPA Amendments Update

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Don’t wait to implement your California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) compliance as it could require changes to your operations. As a reminder, the CCPA takes effect January 1, 2020 and can apply to businesses even if they do...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Exempt or Not Exempt? Part 2: The California Consumer Privacy Act and the Fair Credit Reporting Act

If the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) is seen as the first U.S. data privacy law to apply across industries and sectors, then the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681a et seq., is its polar opposite:...more

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Employer CCPA FAQs #4: What information is not “Personal Information” under the CCPA?

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This post is part of our series of FAQs examining the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) that should help employers with operations in California to determine if they are required to comply with the CCPA and if so,...more

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Is the GDPR Coming to California? Ten Things You Need To Know About the California Consumer Privacy Act

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The ink had barely dried on the Alabama’s new data breach notification statute (which made it the 50th state to enact such legislation) when California upped the ante. In an effort to head off a November ballot initiative,...more

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