On June 22, 2023, the Oregon House of Representatives passed the Oregon Consumer Privacy Act (S.B. 619), which was previously passed by the Oregon Senate on June 20, 2023. The OCPA has been sent to the Oregon governor’s desk for signature. If signed, the OCPA would make Oregon the 12th state to have enacted comprehensive privacy legislation.
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New Washington State Geofencing Ban Set to Take Effect in July
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On April 27, 2023, Washington adopted the My Health My Data Act. Most of the law’s provisions are not effective until March 31, 2024 (or June 30, 2024 for small businesses). The law’s geofencing prohibition, however, is set to take effect on July 23, 2023.
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NYDFS Proposes Updated Second Amendment to Its Cybersecurity Regulation
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On June 28, 2023, the New York Department of Financial Services published an updated proposed Second Amendment to its Cybersecurity Regulation, 23 NYCRR Part 500.
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Potential Postponement of Enforcement of Final CPRA Regulations
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On June 29, 2023, the Superior Court of California for the County of Sacramento issued a Tentative Ruling providing for a postponement of enforcement of final CPRA regulations for 12 months after the regulations were finalized (i.e., March 29, 2024). …
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Connecticut and Nevada Legislatures Pass Health Data Laws
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On June 2 and June 5, 2023, the Connecticut and Nevada state legislatures, respectively, voted in favor of sending legislation to their governors for signature that would impose restrictions, among others, on the processing of consumer health data, including geofencing provisions. Nevada S.B. 370 was signed by Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo on June 16, 2023. …
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Texas Passes Bill Requiring Digital Service Providers to Get Parental Consent for Create Minors’ Accounts
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On June 13, 2023, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed H.B. 18, or the Securing Children Online through Parental Empowerment (“SCOPE”) Act that would require digital service providers to get parental consent to create an account with minors younger than 18 years of age. …
Texas Passes Bill Imposes Obligations on Digital Service Providers to Protect Minors
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On June 13, 2023, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed H.B. 18, or the Securing Children Online through Parental Empowerment (“SCOPE”) Act that would impose obligations on digital service providers to protect minors.…
Google Updates Privacy Terms to Shift Away From Offering Some Services as a “Service Provider” Under the CCPA
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On May 24, 2023 Google LLC announced its recently updated privacy terms providing that, for many of Google’s advertising services, it will no longer act as a service provider for the purposes of the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020. …
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Will Mandatory Generative AI Use Certifications Become the Norm in Legal Filings?
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On June 2, 2023, Judge Brantley Starr of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas released what appears to be the first standing order regulating use of generative artificial intelligence—which has recently emerged as a powerful tool on many fronts—in court filings.
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Texas Amends State Data Breach Notification Law
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On May 27, 2023, Texas Governor Greg Abbot signed into law an amendment to Texas’s data breach notification law. …
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