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The Maryland Online Data Privacy Act: Familiar Requirements, but Stricter Sensitive Data Mandates

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The Bottom Line Maryland’s Legislature passed the Maryland Online Data Privacy Act of 2024 (MODPA) on April 6, 2024. While MODPA carries many similarities to other comprehensive state data privacy laws, it has some stricter parameters around the sharing of sensitive data. Pending Governor Continue Reading

Choppy Waters: Recent Privacy Developments in Targeted Advertising on Both Sides of the Atlantic

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Bottom Line Recent privacy developments on both sides of The Pond make it clear that targeted advertising is becoming more challenging in both the United States and Europe. The latest Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) Europe’s Transparency and Consent Framework (TCF) decision clarifies IAB Continue Reading

The Garden State Has a New Privacy Law (You Got a Problem With That?)

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The Bottom Line On January 16, 2024 Governor Phil Murphy signed into law New Jersey Senate Bill 332 (SB332). The new law will go into effect on January 15, 2025. New Jersey joins 12 other states that have passed comprehensive privacy laws. Threshold Requirements SB332 applies to Continue Reading

Iowa Becomes the 6th State to Pass Comprehensive Consumer Privacy Legislation

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The Bottom Line Iowa has become the sixth state to enact a comprehensive privacy law, but certainly will not be the last.Similar to Utah’s forthcoming law, Iowa’s statute has many features that are more business-friendly than the laws in California, Virginia, Colorado and Connecticut. Not to Continue Reading

California Governor Signs Age-Appropriate Design Code into Law

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The Bottom Line For the first time, a state has enacted a bipartisan law that imposes monetary fines on companies that violate children’s privacy or jeopardize the online safety of minors under age 18. The Act requires businesses to reevaluate their privacy practices related to children and Continue Reading

AdExchanger | Utah’s And Connecticut’s Privacy Laws May Not Be That Different From The CDPA, CPRA And CPA – But Are You Ready?

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California, Virginia and Colorado were just the beginning. Soon, the ad tech community will have even more state privacy laws to keep tabs on. On December 31, 2023, the Utah Consumer Privacy Act (UCPA) will go into effect, while the Connecticut Data Privacy Act is set to take effect on July 1, 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