Tag: Consumer Privacy
Washington State’s My Health My Data Act FAQ, Part Three – Enforcement Risks
In Part Three of our FAQ series on Washington state’s My Health My Data (MHMD) Act, we answer questions related to the MHMD Act’s enforcement risks – including the much-feared private right of action. Given the MHMD Act’s broad scope, its private right of action, the potential for large certified […]
New Hampshire and New Jersey Pass Comprehensive Consumer Privacy Laws
The proliferation of state consumer privacy laws continues into 2024. On March 6, 2024, New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu signed SB255, the New Hampshire Privacy Act (NHPA), making New Hampshire the 14th state to enact a comprehensive privacy law. Similarly, on January 16, 2024, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed […]
Washington Attorney General Publishes Updated FAQ for My Health My Data Act
Without much fanfare, the Washington attorney general’s office updated its My Health My Data (MHMD) Act guidance FAQ in January 2024. Specifically, the updated guidance states that the consumer health data privacy policy must have its own “separate and distinct link” on a regulated entity’s homepage and “may not contain […]
CFPB Announces Plans to Extend FCRA to Data Brokers through Rulemaking
At an August 15, 2023, White House roundtable, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Rohit Chopra announced plans to issue rules that would extend the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) to certain “data broker practices.” This announcement and a concurrently issued fact sheet come on the heels of a March […]
Round 2: California AG Revises Proposed CCPA Regulations
On February 7 and 10, 2020, the California Attorney General released modifications to the proposed regulations implementing the California Consumer Privacy Act. The modifications substantially revise the initial version of the proposed regulations released last October. Notable changes focus on the following topics: Definitions of “personal information” and other key […]
CCPA FAQs Part 2b: CCPA Rights and Other Material Provisions
This post does not reflect amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) enacted on October 11, 2019. Check back for updates or follow this blog. In our third FAQs installment on the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (the “CCPA” or the “Act”), we focus on the following: the […]