Have you been leisurely following California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) litigation thinking, “That’s only for data breaches, not ‘soft’ violations.”
Think again.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office has been busy enforcing CCPA for the past year.
Per a new enforcement report, you had better make sure that:
The Ohio Personal Privacy Act, also known as House Bill 376, is being considered in the Buckeye State.
Here are a few takeaways:
Children’s data isn’t child’s play.
If you have a product or service that collects information from children, you should:
U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey of Massachusetts has introduced the “Algorithmic Justice and Online Platform Transparency Act.”
If signed into law, the bill will impose several new requirements on online platforms:
North Dakota, Utah, Washington State. .. all three have recently introduced new pieces of data privacy legislation.
Utah State Rep. Walt Brooks, has introduced House Bill 80, which creates an “affirmative defense” for companies in lawsuits over data breaches, provided they can prove that they maintain up-to-date data security.
“It doesn’t give them immunity and it doesn’t release them from liability especially if they’re negligent,” said Brooks.
Another bill introduced in the legislature regulates the state’s use of facial recognition technology.
House Majority Leader Francis Gibson, has introduced House Bill 243, which creates a statewide “privacy officer” to look at how state and local governments use some tech and whether or not people’s personal information is protected.
Details from Fox 13 in Salt Lake City
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Assembly Bill 335 has been introduced in the California legislature to amend the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) to include an exception for watercraft-related information.
The bill would expand the “vehicle information” exception, and states that if a vessel dealer shares vessel information or ownership information with a vessel manufacturer for the purpose of effectuating,
Lawmakers in Oklahoma have introduced a new privacy bill.
The state’s new privacy bill imposes a duty of posting a detailed data privacy disclosure for the collection of personal information on a website. If passed, it will be effective November 2021.
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A new consumer data protection bill has been introduced in the Virginia Senate.
Of note:
It’s 2021 and people will (hopefully) soon be back to planning vacations and staying at hotels.
In this 30 minute video for HospitalityNet, Odia Kagan, a partner in Fox Rothschild’s Privacy & Data Security Practice, discussed the five top things hotels should think about relating to data privacy compliance.
California Consumer Privacy Act-like regulations may be coming to a New York business near you. State lawmakers have reintroduced two key pieces of data privacy legislation for the new session.
New York state’s “do not sell my personal information” bill was reintroduced in the Senate and referred to the Senate Consumer Protection Committee.
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