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2021 Roundup: United States (U.S.) State Consumer Privacy Developments

by Emily S. Tabatabai and Shannon Yavorsky | December.15.2021

Across the United States (U.S.), 2021 was a busy year for legislative and regulatory-related consumer privacy developments.

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Colorado Enacts Comprehensive Privacy Legislation

by Emily S. Tabatabai and Nicholas Farnsworth | July.15.2021

Colorado is the third U.S. state to enact comprehensive consumer data privacy legislation with the passage of the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) on July ...

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From Coast to Coast: Virginia Passes First Consumer Data Protection Act Since the CCPA

by Emily S. Tabatabai and Nicholas Farnsworth | March.03.2021

The Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA) was signed into law by Governor Ralph Northam on March 2, 2021.

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FTC Chairwoman Slaughter Sets Sights on Big Data and Artificial Intelligence Oversight

by Shannon Yavorsky and Nicholas Farnsworth | February.19.2021

In her first major remarks as Acting Chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Rebecca Kelly Slaughter outlined her enforcement priorities ...

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Final CCPA Regulations Effective Immediately With Last-Minute Revisions

by Shannon Yavorsky, Emily S. Tabatabai and Nicholas Farnsworth | August.25.2020

On August 14, 2020, the California Office of Administrative Law (“OAL”) approved the final implementing regulations pursuant to the California ...

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CCPA 2.0 Makes the Ballot! What’s Next for the California Privacy Rights Act?

by Shannon Yavorsky and Nicholas Farnsworth | July.21.2020

On June 25, 2020, Californians for Consumer Privacy announced the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (“CPRA”) officially qualified for ...

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Legislative Update: Privacy Bills Not Immune to COVID-19 As Legislative Efforts Persist and Evolve

by Nicholas Farnsworth | May.22.2020

Today, we are all facing a public health crisis unlike any other we have seen in our lifetime.

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Wait…CCPA 2.0? What Is the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 and Will It Become Law?

by Shannon Yavorsky, Emily S. Tabatabai and Nicholas Farnsworth | May.21.2020

On May 4, 2020, Californians for Consumer Privacy announced that it submitted over 900,000 signatures to qualify the California Privacy Rights Act of ...

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Tale of Two Acts: Washington Facial Recognition Law Succeeds, Privacy Act Falters

by Aravind Swaminathan and Nicholas Farnsworth | April.03.2020

On Tuesday, Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed into law legal restrictions on the use of facial recognition by public agencies (SB 6280), while ...

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California AG Releases More Modifications to CCPA Regulations

by Nicholas Farnsworth, Emily S. Tabatabai and Shannon Yavorsky | March.25.2020

On March 11, 2020, the California Attorney General, Xavier Becerra, (“California AG”) released a second set of modifications to the proposed ...

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California Attorney General Releases Updated Drafts of Proposed CCPA Regulations

by Emily S. Tabatabai, Matthew E.S. Coleman, Sulina Gabale and Nicholas Farnsworth | February.13.2020

On February 7 and again on February 10, 2020, the California Attorney General Xavier Becerra released an updated draft of proposed regulations ...

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The CCPA Is in Effect and It Is Not Too Late to Get Started in 2020

by Emily S. Tabatabai and Nicholas Farnsworth | January.02.2020

Happy New Year! At long last, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”) went into effect yesterday, January 1, 2020.