Global Privacy and Cybersecurity Law Updates and Analysis
On June 21, 2022, the Colorado Attorney General’s Office announced it is seeking informal input from the public on its rulemaking related to the Colorado Privacy Act (“CPA”). Before starting its formal rulemaking process, the Office has indicated it wants to better “understand the community’s thoughts and concerns about data privacy.”…
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On May 4-6, 2022, the California Privacy Protection Agency held via video conference several public pre-rulemaking stakeholder sessions regarding the California Privacy Rights Act.
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On May 10, 2022, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed An Act Concerning Personal Data Privacy and Online Monitoring, after the law was previously passed by the Connecticut General Assembly in April. Connecticut is now the fifth state to enact a consumer privacy law.
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On April 12, 2022, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser made remarks at the International Association of Privacy Professionals Global Privacy Summit in Washington, D.C., where he invited stakeholders to provide informal public comments on the Colorado Privacy Act rulemaking.
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On March 24, 2022, Utah became the fourth state in the U.S., following California, Virginia and Colorado, to enact a consumer data privacy law, the Utah Consumer Privacy Act. The law will take effect on December 31, 2023.
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On January 31, 2022, Hunton Andrews Kurth’s retail industry team released its annual Retail Industry in Review publication, which provides an overview of key issues and trends that impacted the retail sector in the past year, as well as a preview of relevant legal issues retailers can expect to arise in 2022. This year’s edition…
On January 24, 2022, a group of state attorneys general announced their commitment to ramp up enforcement work on “dark patterns” that are used to ascertain consumers’ location data.
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On January 28, 2022, in celebration of Data Privacy Day, the Colorado Attorney General’s Office issued prepared remarks from Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser and published guidance on data security best practices, including discussing his office’s plans for implementing the Colorado Privacy Act.
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On July 8, 2021, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed SB21-190, the Colorado Privacy Act, into law, making Colorado the third state to have a comprehensive data privacy law on the books, following California and Virginia. This blog entry provides a summary of the Act.
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