Keypoint: Last week, Oregon and New Jersey advanced bills to amend their state’s consumer data privacy laws, California committees advanced several bills, Nebraska enacted a social media law, and Texas advanced several social media bills.
Below is the twentieth weekly update on the status of proposed state privacy legislation in 2025. As always, the contents
Keypoint: Last week, bills passed the Montana and Arkansas legislatures while bills advanced in Alabama, Florida, Oregon, and Texas.
Below is the fifteenth weekly update on the status of proposed state privacy legislation in 2025. As always, the contents provided below are time-sensitive and subject to change.
Keypoint: Last week, Montana’s legislature inched closer to significantly revising its consumer data privacy law, Oregon’s consumer data privacy amendment bills advanced, and there were numerous developments with Arkansas’ bills in advance of its upcoming adjournment.
Below is the fourteenth weekly update on the status of proposed state privacy legislation in 2025. As always, the contents provided below are time-sensitive and subject to change.
Keypoint: As we break for the holidays, we wanted to wish you and your families happiness and health, and leave you with an attempt at some privacy holiday humor. We look forward to bringing you more privacy news and analysis in 2022.
A Privacy Christmas Story
‘Twas the night before Christmas as I toiled away,
Counting the minutes until Christmas day,
When all of a sudden from out of the blue,
I received a meeting invite from Santa that’s who,
You see Santa’s been watching as all over the globe,
Countries (except the US) have enacted privacy codes,
Santa, he said, would like to comply,
So he asked if I could give it a try,
[After clearing conflicts, receiving a retainer and entering into an engagement letter …..]
Keypoint: If passed, the bill would, among other changes, broaden Nevada’s existing right to opt out of sales of covered information.
In late March, we first reported that the Nevada legislature is considering a bill that would amend Nevada’s online privacy notice statutes, NRS 603A.300-360, to provide for a broader right to opt out of sales. On April 20, the Nevada Senate unanimously passed an amended version of SB260. The bill is now with the Assembly Committee on Commerce and Labor.
As an update to our previous post, HHS announced that the deadline to submit comments on their proposed rule to revise HIPAA regulations was extended until May 6, 2021. Changes contemplated by the proposed rule involve relaxing certain privacy standards, strengthening individuals’ rights to access their protected health information (PHI) and other initiatives that