With its unique provisions and requirements, the Maryland Online Data Privacy Act (MODPA) adds a new dimension to state privacy law that will create additional compliance burdens for covered entities. HB privacy partner David Stauss unpacks and explains MODPA in
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Proposed State Privacy Law Update: April 15, 2024
Keypoint: Last week, the Nebraska legislature passed a consumer data privacy bill.
Below is the twelfth weekly update on the status of proposed state privacy legislation in 2024.…
Nebraska Legislature Passes Consumer Data Privacy Bill
Keypoint: Nebraska is the seventeenth state legislature to pass consumer data privacy legislation with a bill that largely tracks the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act.
On April 11, 2024, the Nebraska legislature passed the Nebraska Data Privacy Act (…
Privacy Litigation Alert: Two California decisions weigh in on pen registry and “tap and trace” tech claims – but reach different results
Keypoint: Two California state court decisions have addressed motions to dismiss claims under the novel “pen registry” and “tap and trace” theories, but reached different outcomes after finding different policy considerations more important.
In July 2023, a Southern District of…
Maryland Legislature Passes Consumer Data Privacy Bill
Keypoint: Maryland’s bill diverges from other Washington Privacy Act variants passed to date with unique data minimization, sensitive data, minor’s data privacy, and unlawful discrimination provisions (among others).
On April 6, 2024, the Maryland legislature passed the Maryland Online Data…
Proposed State Privacy Law Update: April 8, 2024
Keypoint: Last week, the Maryland legislature passed consumer data privacy and Age-Appropriate Design Code Act bills, the Kentucky Governor signed HB 15 into law, three bills advanced out of a California Assembly Committee, and there was movement with bills in…
U.S. Privacy Litigation Update: March 2024
Keypoint: Multiple decisions from the same judicial district come down differently on wiretapping claims while three courts in different states each reject VPPA-defendants’ arguments that the plaintiffs lacked Article III standing.
Welcome to the twelfth installment in our monthly data…
Proposed State Privacy Law Update: April 1, 2024
Keypoint: Last week, the Kentucky legislature passed a consumer data privacy bill, Colorado passed an amendment to the Colorado Privacy Act, and there was movement on bills in Maine, Maryland, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
Below is the tenth weekly update…
Summary of Husch Blackwell Hosted Colorado Policymaker Panel on Privacy and AI Legislation
Keypoint: Colorado policymakers outlined their privacy and AI priorities at a recent Husch Blackwell event.
In early March, Husch Blackwell hosted a discussion panel covering the 2024 legislative priorities of Colorado policymakers related to privacy and artificial intelligence. Attendees heard…
Kentucky Legislature Passes Consumer Data Privacy Bill
Keypoint: Kentucky is the fifteenth state to pass consumer data privacy legislation with a bill that largely tracks the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act.
On March 27, 2024, the Kentucky legislature passed the Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act (HB…