On November 29, 2019, Senator Roger Wicker, Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, circulated a draft of a comprehensive federal privacy bill entitled the United States Consumer Data Privacy Act of 2019.
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Senate Democrats Reveal Comprehensive Privacy Bill
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On November 26, 2019, Senate Commerce Committee Member Maria Cantwell (WA), alongside Senators Brian Schatz (HI), Amy Klobuchar (MN) and Ed Markey (MA), unveiled a new comprehensive federal privacy bill entitled the Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act.…
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Senate Democrats Unveil Privacy and Data Protection Framework
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On November 18, 2019, the ranking members from four Senate Committees¬ (Senator Maria Cantwell (WA) from Commerce, Senator Dianne Feinstein (CA) from Judiciary, Senator Sherrod Brown (OH), and Senator Patty Murray (WA) from Health, Education, Labor and Pensions) released a set of “core principles” for federal privacy legislation. …
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Representatives Eshoo and Lofgren Introduce Online Privacy Act
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On November 5, 2019, Representatives Anna G. Eshoo (CA) and Zoe Lofgren (CA) introduced the Online Privacy Act, which is sweeping legislation that would create federal privacy rights for individuals, require companies to adhere to data minimization and establish a federal Digital Privacy Agency.…
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California Amends Breach Notification Law
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On October 11, 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law AB 1130, which expands the types of personal information covered by California’s breach notification law.…
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California Governor Signs CCPA Amendments into Law
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On October 11, 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced that he signed all five of the California Legislature’s September 2019 amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 into law.…
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California Attorney General Issues Proposed Regulations for CCPA
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On October 10, 2019, the California Attorney General released Proposed Regulations implementing the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018.…
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New York Amends Breach Notification Law
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On July 25, 2019, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law Senate Bill S5575B, an amendment to New York’s breach notification law. This blog entry provides an overview of the changes.…
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Washington AG Settles with Premera on Behalf of Multistate Coalition
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On July 11, 2019, Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced that his office had entered into a consent decree and $10 million settlement with Premera Blue Cross (“Premera”) that stems from a 2014-2015 breach that affected more than 11 million individuals. The settlement, which includes a payment of roughly $5.4 million to Washington state and $4.6 million to a coalition of 29 other state Attorneys General (the “Multistate AGs”), is one of the largest ever for a breach involving protected health information (“PHI”) and comes just one month after another notable HIPAA settlement involving a similar coalition of state AGs.
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One Year of CCPA
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With the one-year mark since the passage of the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, Hunton reflects on the past year and recent developments in the law. This blog entry provides a link to Hunton’s CCPA Amendment Tracker chart.…
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