Navigating the 2026 CCPA Updates
As forecasted, effective January 1, 2026, businesses that are subject to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) must comply with newly-updated regulations. For some businesses, complying with these updates will require the implementation of or updates to policies and procedures related to, among other things, risk assessments, cybersecurity
Over the last few years, businesses, nonprofits, and other website operators have seen thousands of lawsuits and arbitrations filed under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) alleging that the use of ubiquitous cookies and pixels on websites violates CIPA’s wiretap and pen register provisions. The California legislature considered curbing that explosion of litigation with
On December 19, 2025, New York Governor Kathy Hochul vetoed the New York Health Information Privacy Act (NY HIPA), a health data privacy bill that would have afforded consumer protections to non-HIPAA health data.
Although NY HIPA resembled existing laws, like Washington’s My Health My Data Act, it had several important differences that would have
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 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
The California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”) discussed at its July 16 meeting new enforcement focuses in addition to current goals. While the new focuses are largely in line with general trends, they also serve as a reminder that specific and nuanced compliance decisions can make a big difference.
As the CPPA has made clear in
Minnesota becomes the latest state to move to pass legislation regulating the processing and controlling of personal data (HF 4757 / SF 4782). If signed into law by Governor Tim Walz, the Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act, or MCDPA, would go into effect on July 31, 2025 and provide various consumer data privacy
On February 9, 2024, California’s Third District Court of Appeals reinstated the California Privacy Protection Agency’s (“CPPA”) ability to enforce the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (“CPRA”) regulations. The CPRA regulations aim to enhance consumer privacy rights and protections in an ever-increasing digital age.
The court of appeal’s decision comes after the California
On February 1, 2024, the Connecticut Office of the Attorney General (“OAG”) submitted to the Connecticut General Assembly its report on the first six months of the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (“CTDPA”). While the report includes important information about its enforcement efforts to date, the most noteworthy aspect may be its recommendation to the legislature