Thomas Germain writes: A number of states are moving to adopt sweeping consumer-privacy laws in the coming weeks, though some advocates are urging the states to impose even stronger measures. Consumer Reports, meanwhile, unveiled a model privacy bill that would make protections automatic rather than force consumers to “opt out” of sharing personal information. […]…
Category: Laws
New Sweeping Data Privacy Legislation Introduced in Minnesota
Lisa Ellingson and Nadeem Schwen of Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. write: Minnesota is now the latest state to take strides towards enacting an omnibus consumer data privacy law. On February 22, 2021, the “Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act” was introduced as HF 1492 by Rep. Steve Elkins (DFL) and Rep. Mohamud Noor (DFL) in the Minnesota House…
Hunton Partner Dora Luo Publishes “China: The Draft PIPL and the GDPR – A Comparative Perspective”
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: In the February 2021 issue of the Data Protection Leader, Hunton partner Dora Luo discusses China’s draft Personal Information Protection Law (“Draft PIPL”) (in Chinese) in the context of other comprehensive data protection frameworks, such as the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). The article examines the Draft PIPL in the context of advanced…
Maryland Joins New York with a BIPA-like Biometric Privacy Bill
Joseph Lazzarotti writes: On January 13, House Delegate Sara Love Introduced the “Biometric Identifiers and Biometric Information Privacy Act” (the “Act”) substantially modeled after the Biometric Information Privacy Act in Illinois, 740 ILCS 14 et seq. (the “BIPA”). Enacted in 2008, the Illinois BIPA only recently triggered an avalanche of class actions in Illinois, spurring other legislative…