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David Stauss [Former Attorney]

 

Formerly with Husch Blackwell, David routinely counseled clients on complying with privacy laws such as the EU's General Data Protection Regulation, the California Consumer Privacy Act, the Colorado Privacy Act, and other state privacy laws.

Keypoint: Last week Iowa’s legislature passed a consumer privacy bill, and the Kentucky Senate passed a consumer privacy bill.

Below is the tenth weekly update on the status of proposed state privacy legislation in 2023. Before we get to our update, we wanted to provide two reminders.

First, we are regularly updating our 2023 State Privacy Law Tracker, 2023 State Children’s Privacy Law Tracker, and 2023 State Biometric Privacy Law Tracker. We encourage you to bookmark the pages for easy reference.

Second, the contents provided below are time-sensitive and subject to change. If you are not already subscribed to our blog, consider doing so to stay updated. If you are interested in tracking developments between blog posts, consider following on LinkedIn and/or Twitter.

Keypoint: Pending the governor’s signature, Iowa will become the sixth state to pass consumer data privacy legislation.

On March 15, 2023, the Iowa House voted 97-0 to pass SF 262. The bill previously passed the Senate by a vote of 47-0. The bill was procedurally messaged back to the Senate. Pending any remaining procedural hurdles and the governor’s signature, Iowa will become the sixth state to pass consumer data privacy legislation with a bill that rivals Utah as the most business-friendly legislation passed to date.

In the below post, we provide a comparison of the Iowa bill to the five existing state privacy laws. You also can access a PDF of the comparison charts here. In addition, Keir Lamont and Mercedes Subhani from the Future of Privacy Forum prepared a very useful chart comparing the Iowa bill to the Connecticut Data Privacy Act.

Keypoint: In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, Washington legislators introduced legislation to enhance privacy protections for consumer health data.

In early March, lawmakers in Washington state’s House passed an amended version of the My Health My Data Act (HB 1155). The Act seeks to implement sweeping changes to how companies treat the consumer health data of Washington residents. The Act is supported by the Attorney General’s office and was filed in response to the United States Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade. The Act is currently scheduled for a March 14 public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice.

In the below post, we provide a brief summary of the Act as it passed the House on March 4. The Act underwent significant amendments prior to passing the House and could undergo further amendments in the Senate. Consequently, this post is intended only to provide a point-in-time analysis.

Keypoint: Last week chambers in Hawaii, Iowa, and Oklahoma passed consumer privacy bills.

Below is the ninth weekly update on the status of proposed state privacy legislation in 2023. Before we get to our update, we wanted to provide two reminders.

First, we are regularly updating our 2023 State Privacy Law Tracker, 2023 State Children’s Privacy Law Tracker, and 2023 State Biometric Privacy Law Tracker. We encourage you to bookmark the pages for easy reference.

Second, the contents provided below are time-sensitive and subject to change. If you are not already subscribed to our blog, consider doing so to stay updated. If you are interested in tracking developments between blog posts, consider following on LinkedIn and/or Twitter.

In the eighteenth episode of our Legislating Data Privacy podcast series, we talk with California Assemblymember Buffy Wicks.

In 2022, Assemblymember Wicks was the primary author of the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (AB-2273), a first-in-the-nation law based on the United Kingdom’s Age-Appropriate Design Code. This year, seven other states are currently considering…

Keypoint: Last week the Utah legislature passed two bills targeted at social media companies’ interaction with individuals under the age of 18, the Montana Senate passed a consumer privacy bill, and the Washington House passed the My Health My Data Act.

Below is the eighth weekly update on the status of proposed state privacy legislation in 2023. Before we get to our update, we wanted to provide two reminders.

First, we are regularly updating our 2023 State Privacy Law Tracker, 2023 State Children’s Privacy Law Tracker, and 2023 State Biometric Privacy Law Tracker. We encourage you to bookmark the pages for easy reference.

Second, the contents provided below are time-sensitive and subject to change. If you are not already subscribed to our blog, consider doing so to stay updated. If you are interested in tracking developments between blog posts, consider following on LinkedIn and/or Twitter.

Keypoint: Last week lawmakers introduced a consumer privacy bill in Rhode Island and biometric privacy bills in Kentucky and Missouri; advanced consumer privacy bills out of committee in multiple states; and advanced a children’s privacy bill out of committee in New Mexico.

Below is the seventh weekly update on the status of proposed state privacy legislation in 2023. Before we get to our update, we wanted to provide two reminders.

First, we are regularly updating our 2023 State Privacy Law Tracker and new 2023 State Children’s Privacy Law Tracker and 2023 State Biometric Privacy Law Tracker. We encourage you to bookmark the pages for easy reference.

Second, the contents provided below are time-sensitive and subject to change. If you are not already subscribed to our blog, consider doing so to stay updated. If you are interested in tracking developments between blog posts, consider following on LinkedIn and/or Twitter.

Keypoint: Last week lawmakers introduced consumer privacy bills in six states, children’s / social media bills in three states, and held hearings on bills in multiple states.

Below is the sixth weekly update on the status of proposed state privacy legislation in 2023. Before we get to our update, we wanted to provide two reminders.

First, we are regularly updating our 2023 State Privacy Law Tracker and new 2023 State Children’s Privacy Law Tracker and 2023 State Biometric Privacy Law Tracker. We encourage you to bookmark the pages for easy reference.

Second, the contents provided below are time-sensitive and subject to change. If you are not already subscribed to our blog, consider doing so to stay updated. If you are interested in tracking developments between blog posts, consider following on LinkedIn and/or Twitter.

Keypoint: Last week Indiana and Utah lawmakers passed bills through a chamber, Maryland lawmakers filed three sets of bills, lawmakers continued to file children’s privacy and social media regulation bills, and there were numerous developments with biometric privacy, health data privacy, and algorithmic discrimination bills.

Below is the fifth weekly update on the status of proposed state privacy legislation in 2023. Before we get to our update, we wanted to provide two reminders.

First, we are regularly updating our 2023 State Privacy Law Tracker and new 2023 State Children’s Privacy Law Tracker and 2023 State Biometric Privacy Law Tracker. We encourage you to bookmark the pages for easy reference.

Second, the contents provided below are time-sensitive and subject to change. If you are not already subscribed to our blog, consider doing so to stay updated. If you are interested in tracking developments between blog posts, consider following on LinkedIn and/or Twitter.

In the seventeenth episode of our Legislating Data Privacy podcast series, we talk with Michigan Senator Rosemary Bayer.

In 2022, Senator Bayer authored the Michigan Personal Data Privacy Act (SB 1182). Senator Bayer is in the process of preparing an updated version of her bill to introduce in the 2023 session. During…