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…
Category: Laws
Arkansas Enacts Legislation Restricting Social Media Accounts for Minors
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On April 12, 2023, Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed into law S.B. 396 creating the state’s Social Media Safety Act (the “Act”). The Act comes after Utah’s similar social media laws enacted in March. The Act prohibits social media companies from allowing Arkansas residents under 18 years of age from holding accounts on the…
Cal.4: Misdemeanants stated claim that DNA testing of them was a violation of state right of privacy
From FourthAmendment.com: Plaintiffs stated a claim that the Orange County program for collection of DNA from misdemeanants violated their right to privacy. There may be instances were a misdemeanor may be a “serious crime” but in general, no. The trial court erred in granting the demurrer. Thompson v. Spitzer, 2023 Cal. App. LEXIS 275 (4th Dist….
HHS Proposes Measures to Bolster Patient-Provider Confidentiality Around Reproductive Health Care
The Department’s Office for Civil Rights seeks to strengthen HIPAA privacy rule Today, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), through its Office for Civil Rights, issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to strengthen Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule protections by prohibiting the use or disclosure of protected…