On April 17, 2024, Governor Jim Pillen signed into law a bill (L.B. 1074) enacting the Nebraska Data Privacy Act. This blog entry provides a summary of the Act.
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On April 17, 2024, Colorado enacted H.B. 1058, which amends the Colorado Privacy Act and makes Colorado the first state to explicitly extend the protections of a state comprehensive privacy law to neural data.
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The UK Information Commissioner’s Office and the UK regulator for communications and online safety, Ofcom, issued a joint statement regarding their collaboration on the regulation of online services.…
On April 22, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights announced its final “HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy,” which strengthens privacy protections under HIPAA for reproductive health care-related PHI.…
The Maryland legislature recently passed the Maryland Online Data Privacy Act of 2024, which was delivered to Governor Wes Moore for signature and, if enacted, will impose robust requirements with respect to data minimization, the protection of sensitive data, and the processing and sale of minors’ data.…
The Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton Andrews Kurth recently released a report examining global laws and regulations that target biometric data and the adoption of a risk-based approach.…
In April 2024, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton Andrews Kurth published a white paper on Leveraging Data Responsibly: Why Boards and the C-Suite Need to Embrace a Holistic Data Strategy.…
On April 7, 2024, U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released a discussion draft of the latest federal privacy proposal, known as American Privacy Rights Act, which builds upon the American Data Privacy and Protection Act. This blog entry provides a summary of the Act.…
On April 17, 2024, the European Data Protection Board adopted its non-binding Opinion 08/2024 on Valid Consent in the Context of Consent or Pay Models Implemented by Large Online Platforms, stating that such models generally are not compliant with the GDPR, though their use should be considered on a case-by-case basis.…
On April 12, 2024, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office launched the third installment in its consultation series examining how data protection law applies to the development and use of generative AI.…
