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Iowa Becomes the Sixth U.S. State to Pass a Comprehensive Consumer Privacy Law

Photo of Sherman G. HelenesePhoto of Justin T. YedorBy Sherman G. Helenese and Justin T. Yedor on Posted in Consumer Data
People communicationOn March 29, 2023, Iowa became the sixth U.S. state to pass comprehensive consumer privacy legislation. The new law will go into effect on January 1, 2025. Iowa’s privacy law bears substantial similarity to the Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut and Utah privacy laws, which should facilitate compliance for businesses subject to those laws. Likewise, businesses familiar … Continue Reading

California Privacy Protection Agency Board Chair Discusses CPRA Rulemaking Process and Agency Authority

Photo of Justin T. YedorPhoto of Jeewon SerratoBy Justin T. Yedor and Jeewon Serrato on Posted in CCPA, Consumer Data, CPRA, Data Privacy, Data Protection, Uncategorized
Justin T. Yedor and Jeewon Serrato On October 5, 2021, Jennifer Urban, who serves as Chair of the Board the California Privacy Protection Agency (the CPPA) spoke with members of the California Lawyer’s Association about the Board’s work to get the new Agency off the ground, the challenges it faces in doing so and the … Continue Reading

Ohio Proposes Comprehensive Privacy Legislation

Photo of Damon C. BarhorstPhoto of William BerglundBy Damon C. Barhorst and William Berglund on Posted in Consumer Data, Data Protection, Enforcement, Privacy, State Legislation
Ohio recently became the latest state to consider enacting comprehensive privacy legislation. On July 13, 2021, the Ohio Personal Privacy Act (House Bill 376) was introduced into the Ohio House of Representatives with the backing of Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Lt. Governor Jon Husted. If passed, OPPA would establish consumer data rights for natural … Continue Reading

California AG Releases Second Set of Modified CCPA Regulations

Photo of Taylor A. BloomBy Alan L. Friel, Taylor A. Bloom, Kyle R. Fath and Catrina Wang on Posted in CCPA, Consumer Data
On March 11, 2020, the California Attorney General published a third version of the proposed regulations to implement the California Consumer Protection Act available here. A redline showing changes against both the initial draft regulations (published October 11, 2019) and the first modified draft (published February 10, 2020) is available here. Notably, the latest regulations … Continue Reading

The Washington Privacy Act Is Back

Photo of Andreas KaltsounisPhoto of BakerHostetlerBy Andreas Kaltsounis and BakerHostetler on Posted in Consumer Data, State Legislation
After the Washington Privacy Act (“WPA”) failed to pass in 2019, state legislators promised to renew their efforts in the 2020 legislative session. Lawmakers kept this promise last month, introducing three bills targeted at an array of consumer privacy issues. The first bill, SB 6281, or the Washington Privacy Act, introduced in the Senate on … Continue Reading

The Privacy Governance and Technology Transactions Team

Photo of Janine Anthony BowenPhoto of Melinda L. McLellanBy Janine Anthony Bowen and Melinda L. McLellan on Posted in Consumer Data
The following story is one in a six-part series devoted to the pioneering teams that comprise the firm’s new Digital Assets and Data Management Practice Group. A prime example of BakerHostetler’s preeminence in the legal industry is on display in its latest Practice Group, Digital Asset and Data Management (DADM), which offers holistic, enterprise-wide risk … Continue Reading

Everything Data!

Photo of Theodore J. Kobus IIIBy Theodore J. Kobus III on Posted in Advertising, Breach Notification, Consumer Data, Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, HIPAA/HITECH, Incident Response, Information Governance, Information Security
Thank you to our clients and relationships, as well as to the BakerHostetler team who made the creation of the new Digital Assets and Data Management (DADM) Practice Group possible. In a world dependent on data, this group takes a 360-degree approach to the delivery of services and counsel to clients on how they manage … Continue Reading

Less Than a Month to Go Until Nevada Privacy Law Effective Date

Photo of BakerHostetlerBy Alan L. Friel and BakerHostetler on Posted in Consumer Data
As discussed in our previous blog post on the topic, Nevada’s amendments to its privacy law are set to go into effect Oct. 1, 2019. Less comprehensive in scope than the much-heralded CCPA, the Nevada privacy law amendment has received significantly less attention than its California counterpart. Even so, the new Nevada privacy law presents … Continue Reading

Texas Moves Forward With Updates to Breach Notification Law and Institutes Privacy Council to Study Data Privacy Legislation

By Will R. Daugherty and Caroline B. Brackeen on Posted in Consumer Data
Texas is one of the many states that looked to be following in the footsteps of California’s enactment of a broad consumer privacy law (the California Consumer Privacy Act), which has far-ranging implications for businesses and consumers. Two comprehensive data privacy bills, HB 4390 and HB 4518, were filed and heard at the last legislative … Continue Reading

Washington Privacy Act Dies in the House While California Continues to Consider Refinements to the CCPA

Photo of BakerHostetlerBy Niloufar Massachi and BakerHostetler on Posted in CCPA, Consumer Data
After passing the Senate nearly unanimously, the Washington Privacy Act (SB 5376) has stalled in the House of Representatives. The bill failed to achieve passage out of committee by the April 17 deadline for consideration of bills originating in the opposite house, and was returned to the Senate on April 28. As a result, SB … Continue Reading

California Sets Forth Further Legislation Imposing New Obligations on Companies

By Alan L. Friel and Niloufar Massachi on Posted in CCPA, Children’s Privacy, Consumer Data, GDPR
Over the past few weeks, California Republican lawmakers have introduced a new package of legislation called “Your Data, Your Way,” which would expand and strengthen consumer privacy rights beyond what is required by the new California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The “Your Data, Your Way” package is comprised of bills that would impose new obligations … Continue Reading

A New Year Brings a New Vermont Law Aimed at Data Brokers and Credit Reporting Agencies

Photo of Sara GoldsteinBy Laura E. Jehl and Sara Goldstein on Posted in Consumer Data, State Legislation
On Jan. 1, 2019, a new Vermont law intended to protect consumers by imposing new requirements on “data brokers,” companies that aggregate and sell consumer information, and credit reporting agencies took effect. Under the new law, data brokers must comply with registration, information security safeguards and reporting requirements, while credit reporting agencies are prohibited from … Continue Reading
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