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1 month ago | 
lexology.com | Alan L. Friel |Julia Jacobson |Glenn Brown |Sasha Kiosse
After what seems like forever, the most recent (and last?) public comment period for the draft California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations finally closed on February 19, 2025. (Read Privacy World coverage here and here.)Following an initial public comment period on an earlier draft, the formal comment period for the current version of the proposed CPPA regulations (Proposed Regulations) began on November 22, 2024.
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1 month ago | 
lexology.com | Alan L. Friel |Julia Jacobson |Glenn Brown |Sasha Kiosse
After what seems like forever, the most recent (and last?) public comment period for the draft California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations finally closed on February 19, 2025. (Read Privacy World coverage here and here.)Following an initial public comment period on an earlier draft, the formal comment period for the current version of the proposed CPPA regulations (Proposed Regulations) began on November 22, 2024.
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Apr 22, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Alan L. Friel |Glenn Brown |Julia Jacobson |Kyle Dull |Beth L. Goldstein |Stacy Swanson | +3 more
On April 7th, House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation Chair Maria Cantwell (D-WA) unveiled their bipartisan, bicameral discussion draft of the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA draft).1 Chair Rodgers' and Chair Cantwell's announcement of the APRA draft surprised many congressional observers after comprehensive privacy legislation stalled in 2022.
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Apr 11, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Julia Jacobson |Alan L. Friel |Beth L. Goldstein |Kyle Dull |Stacy Swanson |Glenn Brown | +3 more
This week, House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation Chair Maria Cantwell (D-WA) unveiled their bipartisan, bicameral discussion draft of the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA draft).[1] Chair Rodgers’ and Chair Cantwell’s announcement of the APRA draft surprised many congressional observers after comprehensive privacy legislation stalled in 2022.
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Mar 14, 2024 | 
law.com | Alan L. Friel |David Manek |Sasha Kiosse |David Farber |Colleen Yushchak
California enacted the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in 2018, which was the first of its kind in the U.S. and drew inspiration from Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Following California’s lead, other states, including Colorado, implemented their own laws and regulations. California further strengthened its legislation in 2020 through a ballot initiative known as the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA).
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Mar 1, 2024 | 
lawjournalnewsletters.com | Alan L. Friel |David Manek |Sasha Kiosse |David Farber
CybersecurityPrivacyRegulationTechnology Media and TelecomThe assessment and audit requirements of the new generation of state data protection laws will force U.S. companies to move beyond mere window dressing and instead require them to develop fulsome data protection programs. California enacted the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in 2018, which was the first of its kind in the U.S. and drew inspiration from Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
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Feb 27, 2024 | 
lexblog.com | Julia Jacobson |Alan L. Friel |Sasha Kiosse
In 2023, we analyzed the laws in Arkansas, Texas and Utah that require age verification and parental consent before allowing minors to create accounts on social media and other interactive platforms. A similar law – Secure Online Child Interaction And Age Limitation (SOCIAL) Act– was passed in Louisiana, which has an in-force date of July 1, 2024. Ohio legislators also enacted the Parental Notification by Social Media Operators Act (Ohio Act).
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Feb 27, 2024 | 
lexblog.com | Julia Jacobson |Alan L. Friel |Sasha Kiosse |Stacy Swanson
Protection for minors online continues to top the list of U.S. regulatory and legislative priorities in 2024. So far in 2024, legislators in California introduced several bills focused on minors; Congress held hearings and advanced federal legislation protecting minors online; and constitutional challenges to 2023 state laws focused on minors’ social networking accounts advanced in the Courts.
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Feb 27, 2024 | 
privacyworld.blog | Julia Jacobson |Alan L. Friel |Sasha Kiosse
In 2023, we analyzed the laws in Arkansas, Texas and Utah that require age verification and parental consent before allowing minors to create accounts on social media and other interactive platforms. A similar law – Secure Online Child Interaction And Age Limitation (SOCIAL) Act– was passed in Louisiana, which has an in-force date of July 1, 2024. Ohio legislators also enacted the Parental Notification by Social Media Operators Act (Ohio Act).
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Jan 26, 2024 | 
lexblog.com | Julia Jacobson |Sasha Kiosse |Alan L. Friel
The first month of 2024 brought two new state privacy laws. On January 18, the New Hampshire legislature passed the 15th US state consumer privacy law (notably, still subject to some procedural requirements and signature by Governor Chris Sununu before it is officially law). The New Hampshire law was passed a few days after New Jersey’s new consumer privacy law (Approved P.L.2023, c.266) was signed into law on January 16.
