Website operators are at a pivotal moment in history when it comes to consumer data privacy. Although this sounds a bit ominous, we cannot emphasize this point enough: companies that conduct business online must seriously consider the wave of new state privacy laws that will go into effect in 2023. The various laws, which we […]
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On February 8, 2021, the New York Privacy Act (the “Act” or “NY Privacy Act”) was approved by the New York Senate Consumer Protection Committee. A similar bill was also introduced before the New York State Assembly. The Act, introduced by Senator Kevin Thomas in May 2021, aims to “strengthen consumer privacy rights by requiring companies to disclose their
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On May 12, 2021, Senator Kevin Thomas reintroduced the New York Privacy Act (the “Act” or “NY Privacy Act”) before the New York Senate. In 2019, Senator Thomas had hoped to pass privacy legislation S5642 (the “Bill”) to amend the general business law in order to address the management and oversight of consumer personal information.
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On March 10th, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (D-WA) introduced the Information Transparency and Personal Data Control Act (the “Act”). The Act is intended to create a federal privacy law: one national standard for consumer data privacy regulation, that would supersede a patchwork of (potentially) 50 state privacy laws. As we have previously blogged, Virginia recently passed
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The New York Assembly recently reintroduced the New York Privacy Act (the “Act” or “NY Privacy Law”) which, if enacted, would severely restrict how businesses can collect, use and share consumer personal information throughout the State. An identical bill was introduced in the last legislative session, but it failed to make it out of committee.
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July 9, 2019 On May 9, 2019, New York State Senator Kevin Thomas introduced S5642, the New York Privacy Act (the “Act”), to amend the general business law in relation to the management and oversight of consumer personal information. Senator Thomas, citing a 2014 Pew survey, is concerned that Americans may have lost control over
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June 28, 2019 Earlier this month, the New York State Legislature passed a sweeping data protection law entitled, Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Act (S.6933-B) (“SHIELD Act”). If the bill is signed into law by Governor Cuomo, the SHIELD Act will provide residents of New York with greater data and privacy law protections and
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