In the fifth episode of our Legislating Data Privacy series, we talk with Florida Republican Representative Fiona McFarland.
In April, the Florida legislature was on the cusp of enacting consumer privacy legislation after both its House and Senate passed bills, although it ultimately was unable to pass a bill before adjourning. Representative McFarland was
In the fourth episode of our Legislating Data Privacy series, we talk with Arizona Representative Domingo DeGrazia.
Representative DeGrazia is the author of HB 2865, which would have granted Arizona residents various privacy rights regarding their personal data.
In this fascinating interview, Representative DeGrazia – a CIPP/US – discusses the challenges of running
Keypoint: Businesses that sell personal information under the CCPA are now required to honor Global Privacy Control signals.
In an update to its CCPA FAQs, the California Attorney General’s office has stated that businesses that sell personal information must honor Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals.
Keypoint: As introduced, the Ohio Personal Privacy Act would provide Ohio residents with some rights regarding their personal data, but it is not as extensive as the CPRA, CPA, and VCDPA.
As first reported by the IAPP’s Joe Duball, on July 13, 2021, Ohio lawmakers introduced the Ohio Personal Privacy Act (House Bill 376).
The bill’s primary sponsors are Republicans Rick Carfagna and Thomas Hall. The bill also has eight Republican co-sponsors in the House. For reference, Republicans have overwhelming majorities in Ohio’s House and Senate, and Ohio has a Republican Governor. In announcing the introduction of the bill, Kirk Herath, Chairman of CyberOhio, emphasized the large group of individuals involved in crafting the bill, including Ohio Lt. Governor Jon Husted. Ohio’s legislature closes in December.
Below is an analysis of the bill (as introduced).
Keypoint: On July 7, 2021, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed the Colorado Privacy Act into law, making Colorado the third state to pass broad consumer privacy legislation.
On July 7, 2021, Colorado officially became the third state to pass broad consumer privacy legislation when Governor Jared Polis signed the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) into law.
In the third episode of our Legislating Data Privacy series, we talk with Washington Representative Shelley Kloba.
If you follow proposed state privacy legislation, you know that Washington state is at its epicenter. For the past three years, the Washington legislature has considered – but failed to pass – the Washington Privacy Act. Representative Kloba
In the second podcast of our Legislating Data Privacy series, we talk with Minnesota Representative Steve Elkins.
Representative Elkins is the co-author of HF 1492, the Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act.
In this wide-ranging interview, Representative Elkins discusses what happened with HF 1492 during the 2021 legislative session, his plan for reintroducing the bill
Keypoint: Our legislating data privacy podcast series kicks off with an in-depth conversation with Representative Collin Walke of Oklahoma.
As readers of this blog know, the emergence of broad state consumer privacy legislation has been one of the dominant stories in privacy law since at least June 2018 when California lawmakers passed the California Consumer
Keypoint: This week the Colorado legislature passed the Colorado Privacy Act.
Below is our sixteenth weekly update on the status of proposed CCPA-like privacy legislation. Before we get to our update, we need to make a few announcements.
This will be our last weekly update – for now. With the legislatures in so many states having adjourned for the year and the bills in the remaining states not moving forward, we will be pausing our weekly updates. Rest assured, we will be back when things heat up again.
Even though we are pausing our weekly updates, we are not slowing down our work on state consumer privacy legislation.
On June 15, we will be hosting a webinar on the Colorado Privacy Act. Click here to register.
Starting Monday, June 21, we will be releasing a limited podcast series with interviews of state lawmakers who spearheaded privacy legislation in 2021. If you want to know the inside story on how these bills are drafted and lobbied, you will not want to miss these interviews.
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Keypoint: Once signed by the Governor, Colorado will become the third state to pass broad consumer privacy legislation.
On June 8, 2021, the Colorado legislature officially passed the Colorado Privacy Act with the Senate voting unanimously to adopt the House amendments to the bill. Once signed by the Governor, Colorado will become just the third