Libbie Canter, Elizabeth Brim, and Natalie Maas of Covington and Burling write: Since the beginning of 2025, there have been a flurry of bills introduced at the state and federal level related to genetic privacy, which follows a similar trend over the past several years. These bills have focused on a range of issues, including general genetic…
Category: Laws
Rules Proposed Under New Jersey Data Privacy Act
From Hunton Andrews Kurth: On June 2, 2025, proposed rules (“Proposed Rules”) were published under New Jersey’s Data Privacy Act (“NJDPA”). The Proposed Rules elaborate on what constitutes “personal data” and detail a number of compliance obligations, some of which parallel existing requirements under data privacy laws in California and Colorado. Like many other state data privacy laws, the…
India publishes consent management rules under Digital Personal Data Protection Act
Charmian Aw and Roshni Patel of Hogan Lovells write: India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) released in June 2025 a Business Requirement Document for Consent Management Under the DPDP Act, 2023 (BRD). The BRD, while not legally binding, provides technical and functional guidance on implementing a consent management system (CMS) under India’s Digital Personal Data Protection…
Republicans Move A Step Closer To Repealing Protections For Abortion Clinics
Alanna Vagianos reports: The Republican-controlled House Judiciary Committee advanced a bill on Tuesday that would repeal a 30-year-old federal law created to safeguard abortion clinics — even as violence against providers and clinics has skyrocketed since the Supreme Court ended federal abortion protections. The Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, also known as the FACE…