Frank Broomell, Jayne Ponder, Libbie Canter, and Lindsey Tonsager of Covington and Burling write: A new year means new state privacy bills introduced in states across the country. With two additional states joining California last year with the passage of the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act and the Colorado Privacy Act, it is likely that…
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Privacy warning over South Australia govt demand for abortion data
Stephanie Richards reports: Proposed new abortion rules requiring doctors to hand over personal and medical information about their patients to the government may breach patient privacy and deter some from seeking help, legal groups have warned. Under regulations drafted by the government, hospital CEOs or doctors would be obliged to report a host of private…
State attorneys general sue Google with ‘dark patterns’ claims
Joseph Duball reports: The rally for heightened U.S. enforcement against so-called “dark patterns” pushed forward Monday with a group of state attorneys general filing or preparing to file lawsuits over alleged dark patterns linked to Google’s location data practices. Washington, D.C., Attorney General Karl Racine announced he and attorneys general from Indiana, Texas and Washington State were…
California and Florida contribute to web of state genetic privacy protections
Melissa Bianchi, Scott Loughlin, Melissa Levine, and Fleur Oke of Hogan Lovells write: California’s Genetic Information Privacy Act (“GIPA”), which came into effect on January 1, 2022, imposes obligations on direct-to-consumer (“DTC”) genetic testing companies and others that collect and process genetic information. These new obligations, combined with the many differing obligations in other states,…