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Colorado became the third state to enact a comprehensive privacy law. The Colorado Privacy Act CPA has elements in common with the California Consumer Privacy Act CCPA and California Privacy Rights Act CPRA and largely tracks the new Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act VCDPA.

Panelists during Forum Global’s Data Privacy Conference this week questioned what the path to a federal data privacy law would look like, and what it would mean for states with policies of their own.

Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Election 2020: Looking Forward to What a Biden Presidency May Mean for Data Privacy and Data Privacy Litigation By Kristin Bryan, Lydia de la Torre, Glenn A. Brown, Aaron Garavaglia Share: Winter 2021 The United States is in the process of completing its 59th presidential election and electing its 46th president.  A change in administrations is inevitably accompanied by a change in executive priorities.  Assuming that Vice President Biden is sworn in as Pres...

Tech giants in the US are preparing to operate under significant new regulation, to be ushered in by the Joe Biden administration. As the President announces quick-fire orders to tackle climate change, COVID-19 and inequality, we can expect to see a raft of changes soon that protect data privacy.  More than the matter of privacy – the issue closest to my heart – we can expect platforms like Facebook to be made liable for the content it shares – in a radical break from the very foundation...

Protecting consumer data during the pandemic and beyond SAFE DATA Act would provide Americans with more transparency, choice and control over data in a uniform approach Follow Us Question of the Day ANALYSIS/OPINION: Over the past two decades, data-driven technology has transformed our daily lives. Internet-connected devices and services are virtually everywhere, and rapid innovation continues to drive technology forward. The COVID-19 pandemic has only heightened our gro...

The Federal Trade Commission announced on January 11 that Everalbum, the developer of the photo storage application called Ever, settled allegations that it deceived users about its use...

Dec 22, 2020 3 mins read The recent Netflix documentary, The Social Dilemma, may have highlighted to many Americans just what happens to the wealth of personal information they regularly – and willingly – share online. It may be especially concerning, then, to know that companies in the United States aren’t required by federal law to protect this information. The outcome of the Presidential election may be about to change this, however. It’s widely anticipated that the question of data...