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Right To Know - May 2025, Vol. 29

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Welcome to your monthly rundown of all things cyber, privacy, and technology, where we highlight all the happenings you may have missed. State Action: Virginia Governor Signs Bill Restricting Minor’s Use of Social Media:...more

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The Rise of State Attorney General Privacy Enforcement

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Since the passage of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in 2018, and in the absence of a comprehensive data privacy law at the federal level, states have increasingly sought to enact their own privacy legislation. ...more

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No Longer Adrift in the Ocean State: Rhode Island Enacts Consumer Data Privacy Law

On June 25, 2024, the governor of Rhode Island transmitted without signature a comprehensive privacy bill, the Rhode Island Data Transparency and Privacy Protection Act (DTPPA), back to the state legislature, which is still...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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The Staggering Breadth of Washington State’s My Health My Data Act

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Despite its misleading title, Washington’s My Health My Data Act will regulate many things most people would not think of as health-related data. It will also regulate non-Washington entities, mere processors of...more

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Another Governor Signs: Tennessee Volunteers to Join the Privacy Patchwork

The Tennessee governor has signed Tennessee’s comprehensive privacy law, which as we have indicated will go into effect July 1, 2025. As initially proposed, the law would have been effective July 1, 2024, and would have...more

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Tennessee Passes Comprehensive Data Privacy Law

Tennessee has joined the growing number of states that have enacted comprehensive data privacy laws. On the final day of this year’s legislative session, the Tennessee legislature passed the Tennessee Information Protection...more

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New My Health, My Data Act Part 1: Washington State Joins the Biometric Litigation Fray

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Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed into law House Bill 1155, also known as the My Health, My Data Act (the Act), on April 27, 2023. The Act goes into full effect for “regulated entities” on March 31, 2024 (and later for...more

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Washington Passes the My Health My Data Act

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On April 27, 2023, Washington’s Governor Inslee signed the My Health My Data Act (MHMDA) into law, adding a new wrinkle to the increasingly complex patchwork of state privacy laws. As opposed to the other recently enacted...more

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Washington State Enacts Landmark Privacy Law Aimed at Digital Health Industry

On April 27, 2023, the state of Washington enacted a landmark privacy law aimed at protecting the privacy of health data not covered by HIPAA. This law, named the “My Health My Data Act,” covers a very wide range of entities,...more

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Washington Enacts First In the Nation Health Data Protection Law

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By: Frances Floriano Goins and Michael Davis Hoenig About: Cybersecurity & Privacy May 1, 2023 – Last week, the Governor of Washington signed a package of legislation aimed at protecting the health care of women in response...more

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A HIPAA Privacy Notice A Day Keeps The Doctor Away (And Out Of Trouble)

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The start of 2023 has brought with it significant changes to data privacy – new state laws concerning data privacy came into effect January 1 (the California Privacy Rights Act and the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act),...more

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Federalism Rankles National Privacy Debate: California Weighs in on the proposed American Data Protection and Privacy Act

As states have continued to debate and pass new comprehensive privacy statutes – such as those in Virginia and Colorado – a common refrain from business leaders is the need for a comprehensive federal privacy statute that...more

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Recent Amendments to State Breach Notification Laws

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Over the last several months, a minority of states amended their data breach notification statutes or enacted sector-specific breach notification requirements. ...more

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New State Genetic Privacy Law Directed at Consumer Genetic Tests

Utah recently signed into law SB 227, creating the Genetic Information Privacy Act (GIPA). The law, which is anticipated to go into effect in May 2021, is aimed at protecting genetic data collected from direct-to-consumer...more

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Utah Gets A New Data Breach Defense Law

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Keypoint: New Utah law creates incentive for businesses to develop and implement a written cybersecurity program to protect themselves against data breach lawsuits. On March 11, 2021, Utah governor Spencer Cox signed the...more

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Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act: A Growing Wave of Comprehensive State Privacy Laws

Virginia’s Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA) is expected to be signed into law by Governor Ralph Northam and will be the second comprehensive state data privacy law in the United States after the California Consumer Privacy...more

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Virginia Might Be the Next State to Enact a Privacy Law

The state of Virginia might be the next state to enact a privacy law. Senate Bill No. 1392 recently passed the Senate and is likely on its way to Governor Ralph Northam’s desk....more

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California Privacy Law on the Ballot: What to Expect on California’s Upcoming Ballot Initiative to Expand and Amend the CCPA

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Next month, California voters will cast their votes on Proposition 24, a ballot initiative that, if passed, will enact the California Privacy Rights and Enforcement Act of 2020 (CPRA). The CPRA would significantly amend the...more

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CCPA Amendments Signed by Governor Newsom

Recently we wrote about two amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) that were awaiting signature on Governor Newsom’s desk: AB 1281 – which extends the one-year exemptions for employee information and...more

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New CCPA Amendment Extends Exemptions for Employment-Related and B2B Data

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California Governor Gavin Newsom on September 29 signed into law Assembly Bill 1281, which ensures that the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) limited exemptions for employment-related and business-to-business (B2B) data...more

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CCPA Amendment Exempts Deidentified Medical Information

The California legislature recently passed AB 713 which is an amendment to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA). This bill will take effect immediately on September 30,  2020 once Governor Gavin Newsom signs the...more

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2020 Breach Notification Law Update: Vermont, District of Columbia, Maine, and California Expand Requirements

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States continue to enhance and expand their breach notification requirements, increasing the scope of breaches that require notice as well as the complexity of compliance. Four jurisdictions—Vermont, the District of Columbia,...more

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Privacy Concerns Multiply as Digital Contact Tracing Spreads: U.S. Tech Industry Takes the Lead as Congress Fails to Act

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As businesses and other organizations in the private sector cautiously open their doors in the wake of the pandemic, DCT enables more efficient tracing of infected employees and notification to those at-risk. DCT also offers...more

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Annual Breach Reporting Required Under NY SHIELD Act for Some Health Care Companies

As discussed in an earlier blog post, the New York state Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act (or “SHIELD Act”), was signed into law on July 25, 2019....more

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