Recent enforcement actions and announcements from the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) and state Attorneys-General (AGs) in California, Colorado and Connecticut, and a California bill that passed the state legislature, signal a new phase of heightened enforcement, focused on honoring consumers’ opt out requests, including through cookie banners and the…
What started as a flurry when California included protections for data about known teens in its 2018 privacy law soon became a blizzard. State after state passed new protections for teens into their own privacy laws, with each version raising the standards above the previous ones. Now, even in the depths of…
During a Board Meeting on July 24, 2025, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) unanimously approved the long-awaited final text of its second rulemaking package, implementing a broad swath of new requirements regarding risk assessments, automated decisionmaking technology (ADMT), and cybersecurity audits. The regulations, under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), also…
Aristotle, the Greek philosopher and polymath of the fourth century BC is known to have coined the phrase horror vacui – nature abhors a vacuum, meaning that in nature, a vacuum or a void isn’t a steady state. Fast forward 2,400 years, and the same holds true for tech regulation….
Since the passing of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in 2018, California has led the nation in privacy regulation and enforcement. But, beginning July 1, 2024, Texas will be the new sheriff in town. On July 1, Texas’ Data Privacy and Security Act goes into effect as one of the strongest…
On February 13, 2024, New York State’s Attorney General (AG) Letitia James and the New York State Education Department (NYSED) announced a $750,000 settlement with the non-profit College Board over allegations that College Board shared and sold student personal information in violation of the state’s student privacy law, New York…
This year, Data Privacy Day, January 28, fell on a Sunday, allowing us extra time to contemplate – between NFL championship games – the top ten things to keep your eyes on in US privacy in 2024. The coming year will continue to feature a dizzying pace of developments, including…
On Jan. 16, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) signed the New Jersey Data Privacy Act into law. Its passage makes New Jersey the 14th state to adopt a comprehensive consumer data privacy law. Given the NJDPA’s nuances compared to other current state privacy laws, companies subject to the New Jersey law will have…
As we kick off 2024, many of us are wondering what this year’s hot topics and trends will be in the privacy and cybersecurity sector. Will AI continue to be the trendsetter, even among privacy regulators? And what will businesses do to keep up to date with all emerging laws,…
On September 11, 2023, Delaware Governor John Carney signed House Bill No. 154, referred to as the Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act (DPDPA), into law. With the passage of the DPDPA, Delaware became the thirteenth state to adopt a comprehensive consumer data privacy law, joining California, Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Iowa, Indiana, Tennessee, Montana, Florida, Texas, and Oregon. The DPDPA…