Key Point: If signed by the Governor, the legislation will require entities doing business in New York to implement and maintain reasonable safeguards to protect the security, confidentiality and integrity of private information. As it closed its session, the New York legislature passed the Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act (SHIELD Act). The bill, which the New York Attorney General’s (“AG”) office strongly supports, is now at the governor’s office for review.…

Thank you to everyone who attended our webinar “The California Consumer Privacy Act:  Everything We Know With Six Months to Go.” For those who were unable to attend, you can listen to the recording and obtain a copy of the slide deck by clicking here.…

On July 11, Husch Blackwell’s privacy and data security practice group will host a webinar analyzing the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) exemption in the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). In this webinar, we will discuss the following topics: History of the CCPA’s GLBA exemption Analysis of the GLBA’s definition of nonpublic personal information and relevant definitions from implementing regulations Hypothetical examples Personal information sharing issues (both inter- and intra-company) Identification of the exemption’s limitations Click here for more…

Key Point: The Illinois data breach notification statute will now require entities to notify the Illinois Attorney General if a breach affects 500 or more Illinois residents. The Illinois General Assembly recently voted to approve an amendment to the state’s Personal Information Protection Act (“PIPA”) (815 ILCS 530/1 et seq.) with regards to companies’ and organizations’ obligations when a data breach occurs. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker is expected to sign the amendment into law.…

In March we published an extensive analysis of proposed bills that would amend or supplement the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). With a number of those bills having either passed the Assembly or been withdrawn , it is a good time to update our analysis. In the below post, we identify and analyze these bills. In doing so, we first provide a summary of where the legislative process stands. We then analyze the most significant proposed changes and…