Michael B. Katz, Cynthia J. Larose, and Angie K. Isaza-Loaiza of Mintz write:
In Montana, Governor Greg Gianforte signed the Montana’s Consumer Data Privacy Act (S.B. 384) (“MCDPA”) on May 19, 2023 – one of the strongest privacy bills signed in a red state. Montana now becomes the ninth state to enact a comprehensive consumer data privacy law.
Montana’s legislature chose to build its statute on models passed in states like Virginia two years ago and in Connecticut in 2022, with a few interesting distinctions noted in bold in this article.
Read more at Mintz.
of Jackson Lewis also have a post about the provisions of the new Montana law. You can read their overview at Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report.