News & Analysis as of

New Legislation Websites Data Protection

Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP

New Laws Regulate How Companies Interact with Children's Data

If your business operates a website or provides online services that collect data about children, you should be aware of expanding legal requirements from U.S. states regulating how private companies interact with minors....more

Perkins Coie

Another Take on the TAKE IT DOWN Act

Perkins Coie on

The TAKE IT DOWN Act (the Act), enacted on May 19, 2025, is a powerful (and controversial) new tool designed to stop people from sharing “nonconsensual intimate imagery,” or NCII, online. The Act does two main things: it...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

New York Legislature Passes a Pair of Bills to Protect Children's Privacy Online

On June 7, 2023, the New York legislature passed the Stop Addictive Feeds Exploitation (SAFE) for Kids Act (SAFE Act or the Act) and the New York Child Data Protection Act (CDPA), both aimed at protecting children online. The...more

Benesch

Q2 - 2023: Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Quarterly Briefing

Benesch on

Efforts to Address the Lack of Federal Data Privacy Legislation in the U.S. Have Continued - The need for federal data privacy legislation was reiterated in the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

Colorado (Officially) Joins the Data Privacy Fray: Colorado Privacy Act Signed into Law

Quarles & Brady LLP on

Colorado’s Governor Jared Polis signed the Colorado Privacy Act last week, making Colorado the third state to implement broad consumer data privacy protections. The Colorado Privacy Act (CPA), which Governor Polis signed on...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Nevada: Bucking the Wait and See Approach to Consumer Privacy Law

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

In our May blog post, we took issue with the broadcast statement that ‘consumer privacy law was sweeping the country and that other states were jumping on the California Consumer Privacy Law (CCPA) bandwagon to enact their...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

New Nevada Privacy Law Takes Effect in October - Comparison of Nevada Law to CCPA

On May 29, 2019, Nevada’s governor approved a new privacy law, Senate Bill 220 (“SB 220”). SB 220 amends existing state law that requires operators of websites and online services (“Operators”) to post privacy notices on...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

US Data Breach and Privacy 2019 Legislative Recap

A few weeks ago, Texas signed into law an amendment to its data breach law, capping off a busy first half of 2019 for state lawmakers in this arena. As we gear up for the second half of 2019, we thought a recap was...more

Hogan Lovells

New Bill Imposing Increased Fines for Violations of Russian Data Protection Laws Under Consideration

Hogan Lovells on

On June 13, 2019, a new draft bill imposing multi-million Ruble (RUB) fines for infringing Russian data localization and information security laws—multiplying the maximum penalty under current law by a magnitude of 240—was...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Nevada’s Privacy Law Granting Opt-Out Rights Is First Out of the Gate

On May 29, 2019, Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak signed into law SB 220, which amends Nevada’s security and privacy law to require an operator of a website or online service for commercial purposes to permit consumers to...more

Hogan Lovells

A game changer? China enacts first e-commerce law

Hogan Lovells on

In stark contrast to the rapid development of e-commerce in China, it has taken nearly five years and no less than four drafts for China to finalise its first e-Commerce Law. The new law will enter into force on 1 January...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Trump Administration: 2017 Recap and 2018 Outlook

On January 20, 2017, businessman Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States following a contentious and unconventional 2016 presidential election. Republicans also successfully maintained control...more

Hogan Lovells

UK Parliament Passes New Digital Economy Act

Hogan Lovells on

The Digital Economy Bill passed into UK law last Thursday 27 April 2017 amidst the flurry of activity known as the “wash up” period before the dissolution of Parliament and ahead of the early general election in the UK to be...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

California Amends Definition of Personal Identifiable Information and Breach Notification Content Requirements

Foley & Lardner LLP on

On October 6, 2015, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law several changes to California’s Data Breach Notification Statute. The law, as amended, adds additional categories of information into the definition of...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

New Delaware Act Requires Online Privacy Policy for Websites

Womble Bond Dickinson on

A new privacy law requires companies to make specific statements about what information is collected on its website. Like California, it also requires that companies state in writing whether they respect “Do Not Track”...more

15 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide