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After a failed attempt in 2021, Connecticut has become the fifth U.S. state to enact comprehensive data privacy legislation with the passing of “An Act Concerning Personal Data Privacy and Online Monitoring” or the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (the “CDPA” or the “Act”). The Act will take effect July 1, 2023 giving covered organizations about 14 months to become compliant.
Continue Reading New England’s New Privacy Act: Connecticut Becomes the Fifth State To Enact Comprehensive Data Privacy Act

After nearly two years of detailed negotiations, on March 25, 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced an “agreement in principle” on a new Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework (the “Framework”) to re-establish an important legal mechanism to effectuate cross-border transfers of personal data from the EU to the U.S. The Framework is hoped to address concerns raised by the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (the “CJEU”) in Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland and Maximillian Schrems (2020) (“Schrems II”).
Continue Reading Schrems III? The European Commission and U.S. Government Announce New Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework

Following the lead of California, Virginia and Colorado (as previously discussed here, here and here respectively), on March 24, 2022, Utah became the fourth state to enact an omnibus privacy law, creating compliance obligations for businesses that collect and process personal data of Utah residents and providing such residents more control over their data.
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Continue Reading Businesses Buzzing With News of Utah’s New Comprehensive Privacy Law

For those following data privacy and consumer data protection trends, it should come as no surprise that enacting comprehensive legislation to regulate companies’ use of personal data has continued to be a focal point both internationally and in the U.S., at the federal, state and local levels. …
Continue Reading Navigating the Complex Regulation of Privacy and Data Protection

Colorado is set to become the third state in the nation to enact comprehensive privacy legislation with the passing of SB 21-190, more commonly known as the Colorado Privacy Act (“ColoPA” or the “Act”). Governor Jared Polis is expected to sign the ColoPA into law in the coming days, after which…

Last month, the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act was signed into law, making Virginia the second state in the nation to enact comprehensive data privacy legislation.  The Act resembles and adopts some terms from the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”); the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020, which amends and expands the CCPA; and the…