David Stauss

David is co-leader of Husch Blackwell's national privacy and cybersecurity practice group. He routinely counsels clients on responding to data breaches, complying with privacy laws such as GDPR and the California Consumer Privacy Act, and complying with information security statutes. He also represents clients in data security-related litigation. David is certified by the International Association of Privacy Professionals as a Certified Information Privacy Professional (US), Certified Information Privacy Technologist, and Fellow of Information Privacy.

Firm/Organization: Husch Blackwell LLP

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Washington Privacy Act Passes State Senate

By David Stauss, Malia Rogers, Bob Bowman, Megan Herr & Erik Dullea

February 14, 2020

As it did last year, the Washington state senate has overwhelmingly passed comprehensive consumer privacy legislation. The legislation, entitled the Washington Privacy Act (WPA), passed the state senate on February 14, 2020, by a vote of 46-1. The legislation will now move to the state house of representatives where it failed last year. A copy of the WPA, as it passed the senate, is available here.…

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CCPA Update: AG’s Office Publishes Modified Proposed Regulations

By David Stauss, Malia Rogers, Megan Herr & Bob Bowman

February 9, 2020

Keypoint: The modified proposed regulations make substantial changes to the proposed regulations, including modifying how consumer notices must be drafted and changing some of the requirements for receiving and responding to consumer requests. On Friday, February 7, 2020, the California Attorney General’s office published a notice of modifications to the text of the proposed regulations regarding the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The AG’s office also published redline and clean versions of the modified regulations.…

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Analyzing the 2020 Maryland Right to Opt Out of Third-Party Disclosures Act

By David Stauss, Erik Dullea & Malia Rogers

January 23, 2020

Keypoint: Maryland lawmakers have introduced a bill that would allow Maryland residents to opt-out of certain types of personal information transfers but that would stop far short of creating CCPA-like rights for Maryland residents. On January 17, 2020, Maryland House Delegates Courtney Watson and Ned Carey introduced HB0249. If enacted in its current form, the bill would allow Maryland residents to opt-out of certain types of transfers of their personal information to third parties.…

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Analyzing the 2020 Virginia Privacy Act and Sale of Personal Data Act

By David Stauss & Malia Rogers

January 20, 2020

Keypoint: The Virginia Privacy Act would create CCPA-like rights for Virginia residents while the Sale of Personal Data Act would create rights vis-à-vis “data sellers.” Lawmakers in Virginia have proposed two bills that, if enacted, would create a number of privacy rights for Virginia residents and compliance burdens for covered entities. The first bill – the Virginia Privacy Act (HB 473) – was prefiled on January 3, 2020, and offered on January 8,…

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Analyzing the 2020 Florida Consumer Data Privacy Act

By David Stauss & Malia Rogers

January 16, 2020

Keypoint: Florida lawmakers have proposed legislation that would require certain operators of websites to make online disclosures and accept requests to opt-out of sales of personal data but that would stop far short of creating CCPA-like privacy rights for Florida residents. Florida lawmakers have introduced companion bills in the Florida House (HB 963) and Senate (SB 1670) that would create limited online privacy rights and obligations in the state. The legislation…

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Analyzing the 2020 Illinois Data Transparency and Privacy Act

By David Stauss & Malia Rogers

January 13, 2020

Keypoint: Illinois lawmakers have proposed legislation that would create CCPA-like privacy rights for Illinois residents. On January 8, 2020, Illinois state Senator Thomas Cullerton introduced the Illinois Data Transparency and Privacy Act (SB2330). This comes on the heels of last year’s legislative session in which two consumer privacy bills failed to pass. Below is our analysis of the proposed legislation (as introduced).…

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2020 Washington Privacy Act Released

By David Stauss

January 12, 2020

Keypoint: Washington lawmakers will be filing the 2020 version of the Washington Privacy Act on Monday, January 13, 2020. Those who follow privacy law will remember that last year Washington state came close to becoming the second state (after California) to enact consumer privacy legislation. That legislation – called the Washington Privacy Act (WPA) – overwhelmingly passed the state senate but failed in the house, in part, based on disagreements as to how the statute…

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The Year to Come in U.S. Privacy & Cybersecurity Law

By David Stauss, Bob Bowman, Erik Dullea, Sean Tassi, Michael Hayes, Grant Leach, Cortney Morgan, Bob Tomaso, Malia Rogers, Ephraim Hintz, Megan Herr & Anne Mayette

January 8, 2020

Keypoint: 2020 promises to be another ground-breaking year in privacy and cybersecurity law in the United States. 2019 was an exciting year in privacy and cybersecurity law. In the United States, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) was the most significant story, but there also were developments in states such as New York and Nevada. Numerous other states also considered consumer privacy legislation, and federal lawmakers even jumped into the fray, proposing a variety of…

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CCPA Update: California AG Says Final Regulations Unlikely to Have Major Changes

By David Stauss, Bob Bowman & Malia Rogers

December 18, 2019

Keypoint: Those hoping that the final CCPA regulations will clarify its requirements may be disappointed. According to an article in Bloomberg Law, California Attorney General Becerra does not anticipate his office making substantial changes to the regulations as proposed when it issues the final regulations. The AG’s office published the proposed regulations on October 10, 2019. The AG’s office held public hearings on the proposed regulations in early December, and the deadline for written…

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FTC Issues Opinion and Order Against Cambridge Analytica for Deceiving Facebook Users

By Megan Herr & David Stauss

December 8, 2019

Keypoint: The fallout from the 2018 Cambridge Analytica incident continues with the FTC’s issuance of this unanimous opinion and order. On December 6, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued a unanimous opinion (the “Opinion”) finding that political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica, LLC (“Cambridge Analytica”) violated Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (“FTC Act”) (15 U.S.C. § 45) by engaging in deceptive practices to harvest personal information from tens of millions of Facebook users…

David Stauss

Washington Privacy Act Passes State Senate

CCPA Update: AG’s Office Publishes Modified Proposed Regulations

Analyzing the 2020 Maryland Right to Opt Out of Third-Party Disclosures Act

Analyzing the 2020 Virginia Privacy Act and Sale of Personal Data Act

Analyzing the 2020 Florida Consumer Data Privacy Act

Analyzing the 2020 Illinois Data Transparency and Privacy Act

2020 Washington Privacy Act Released

The Year to Come in U.S. Privacy & Cybersecurity Law

CCPA Update: California AG Says Final Regulations Unlikely to Have Major Changes

FTC Issues Opinion and Order Against Cambridge Analytica for Deceiving Facebook Users

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