Jason C. Gavejian and Joseph J. Lazzarotti of JacksonLewis write: On March 21, 2023, Virginia’s governor approved Senate Bill 1040, which prohibits an employer from using an employee’s social security number or any derivative as an employee’s identification number. The bill also prohibits including an employee’s social security number or any number derived from the social…
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Washington Legislature Passes My Health My Data Act
David P. Saunders, Alya Sulaiman, Sam Siegfried, and Austin Mooney of McDermott Will & Emery write: Washington State’s My Health My Data Act (the Act), which is working its way through the reconciliation process after the Washington Senate and House passed different versions of the Act, is ultimately expected to be signed into law by…
Indiana Set to Become the Seventh State with a Comprehensive Privacy Law
Kirk J. Nahra and Ali A. Jessani of WilmerHale write: On Tuesday, April 11, the Indiana House passed Senate Bill No. 5, a comprehensive state privacy law similar to the ones that are already in effect in California, Colorado, Virginia, Utah and Connecticut. This bill previously passed (49 – 0) in the Indiana Senate on February…
Iowa: And then there were six – what you need to do to comply with the new Iowa Privacy Law
On 29 March 2023, Iowa became the sixth state to pass a comprehensive data privacy law (in line behind Connecticut, Utah, Virginia, Colorado, and California). The Iowa Consumer Data Protection Act (‘ICDPA’) will go into effect on 1 January 2025. While there are some familiar elements to other state laws that came before it (the…