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California Continues to Expand Privacy Protections

USA - October 13 2023 The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (the “CCPA”), is regarded as one of the…

Draft Cybersecurity Audit and Risk Assessment Regulations Issued by CPPA

USA - August 29 2023 The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) has released its agenda for the September 8 board meeting, which includes (among other topics)…

Texas Has Been Busy Ramping up Privacy Protections with new Comprehensive Data Privacy Law and Stricter Data Breach Notification Requirements

USA - July 10 2023 Texas has joined the growing list of states enacting comprehensive consumer data privacy laws. On June 18, 2023, Governor Abbott (R) signed H.B.4…

The FTC Sets Its Sights on Biometric Information

USA - July 6 2023 Does your business collect or use fingerprints? Do your building access points use retina, finger, or palm scans? Does your security office use…

Florida Governor Signs Data Privacy Law Focused on Children, Search Engines and Billion Dollar Businesses

USA - June 6 2023 How does it compare? The FDBR seems to stray from the majority of the recently-enacted comprehensive privacy laws, and lacks most of the compliance…

Mintz May Madness: Montana’s New Consumer Data Privacy Law Follows the Leaders ... and we’re not talking about California!

USA - May 31 2023 Our May Madness series is getting you caught up on comprehensive privacy legislation passing state legislatures across the nation. In April, governors…

Mintz May Madness: Tennessee’s Information Protection Act Gets Us Thinking About NIST(y) Safe Harbors

USA - May 11 2023 The Volunteer State is soon expected to become the eighth or ninth state to enact a comprehensive data privacy law. Tennessee’s place in this growing…

Mintz May Madness: Comprehensive Data Privacy Laws Sweeping the Nation Indiana's New Law is on the Books

USA - May 3 2023 Last month, three more state legislatures passed comprehensive data privacy laws. Just this week, Indiana’s governor signed one of them - the Indiana…

OCR Proposes HIPAA Amendments to Protect Reproductive Health Care Information

USA - April 13 2023 In response to concerns about the confidentiality of protected health information (PHI) related to reproductive health care less than one year after…

Benefits and Legal Risks of Embracing Generative AI Applications

USA - April 5 2023 We are currently witnessing an AI revolution, and an unprecedented AI arms race among Big Tech over the incorporation of AI into their search engines…