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U.S. Data Broker Legislation Expands to Include Texas and Oregon

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The Bottom Line Four states now have laws that create rules and registration requirements for data brokers. While initially limited to Vermont’s 2018 Data Broker Act and California’s 2019 law, amended by the Delete Act on October 10, 2023, Texas and Oregon recently passed their own laws. Continue Reading

California’s “Delete Act” Takes Aim at Data Brokers

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The Bottom Line California is poised to enact a one-stop global deletion request option that all “data brokers” operating in the State would be required to follow. The “Delete Act” would amend certain aspects of the existing Data Broker Registration law (the 2019 Act) and empower the Continue Reading

Utah Consumer Privacy Act Joins the Growing List of Comprehensive State Privacy Laws

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The Bottom Line In the absence of a new comprehensive consumer privacy law on the federal level, states continue to propose their own laws.Utah has become the fourth state in the United States to enact such a law.There are similarities, but some differences, with the new laws in California, Continue Reading

Apple Makes Big Changes to Its Tracking System

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The Bottom Line With the launch of iOS 14.5 slated for next week, Apple’s long-awaited changes to the use of its persistent identifier known as the “Identifier for Advertisers” (IDFA) have now gone into effect. While this change has been explained by Apple as a step to protect its users’ Continue Reading

Don’t Smile at the Camera — New Biometric Data Laws

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The Bottom Line The confluence of privacy, security, societal and other reasons have resulted in increased scrutiny over the use of biometric data through new proposed laws. In the absence of a consistent federal standard, businesses should assess their biometric data collection and use practices Continue Reading