On June 11, 2025, Connecticut passed Senate Bill 01295 (SB 01295). If signed by the governor, SB 01295 will amend the existing Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA) in several important ways, with the amendments going into effect on July 1, 2026.
Expanded Scope: In what is seen as a general trend, SB 01295
On June 4, 2025, the Digital Advertising Alliance (“DAA”), the self-regulatory body that sets and enforces privacy standards for digital advertising, announced it is launching a process to determine if it is necessary to issue new guidance to address how the DAA’s Self-Regulatory Principles apply to the use of artificial intelligence systems and tools that
On February 21, 2025, representatives in the California legislature introduced California Assembly Bill 1355, also known as the California Location Privacy Act (“AB 1355”). AB 1355 seeks to amend the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”) by imposing several new restrictions on the collection and use of consumer location data.
Under AB 1355, “location
On February 12, 2025, the House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Brett Guthrie (R-Ky) and Vice Chair John Joyce (R-Pa) announced the formation of 12-member working group tasked with developing comprehensive data privacy legislation to establish a national privacy framework governing how companies can collect, use, and share personal data.
The announcement of the working
On January 6, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) to amend the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) Security Rule. The proposed changes, if enacted, would represent the first update
The Dutch Data Protection Authority (the “Dutch DPA”) issued a €4.75 million (approximately $5 million USD) fine on Netflix in connection with a data access investigation that started in 2019. The investigation arose out of a complaint was filed by nonprofit privacy and digital rights organization, noyb, which is run by European privacy campaigner
On December 3, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published its long anticipated proposed rule aimed at regulating data brokers under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). Although the CFPB’s future is uncertain under the upcoming administration, if implemented, the rule would significantly expand the reach of the FCRA.
In the accompanying press release
On December 5, 2024, the Colorado Department of Law adopted amended rules to the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA).
The DOL had released the first set of the proposed amended rules—which relate to the interpretative guidance and opinion letter process, biometric identifier consent, and additional requirements for the personal data of minors—on September 13, 2024. The
On November 7, 2024, Michigan lawmakers in the Senate introduced the Reproductive Data Privacy Act (“RDPA”), also known as Senate Bill 1082 (SB 1082). The bill aims to strengthen privacy protections for sensitive reproductive health data, including information on menstrual cycles, fertility, and contraception.
The RDPA is largely modeled after Washington’s My Health
On November 12, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a report examining the carve outs and limitations contained in comprehensive state privacy laws relating to financial institutions. In an accompanying press release, the CFPB stated that in its assessment, “privacy protections for financial information now lag behind safeguards in other sectors of