From California to Brazil: Europe s privacy laws have created a recipe for the world CNBC 1 hr ago
One such law is the California Privacy Rights Act, which was passed in November 2020 and expanded upon 2018 s California Consumer Privacy Act.
The law has drawn many comparisons from observers to GDPR in how it grants more control to the consumer and presents the possibility of fines for infractions and data breaches.
Beyond the U.S., several large nations have passed or updated their national data protection laws.
Brazil s Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados came into effect late last year. The regulation updated and consolidated 40 different rules into one framework.
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On March 2, 2021, the governor of Virginia signed the Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA) into law. This new law applies to people who conduct business in Virginia or produce products or services targeted at Virginians. Specifically, the law applies to businesses that collect and control or process personal data of 100,000 or more consumers annually, or at least 25,000 consumers if such activity makes up over 50% of their gross revenue. The CDPA refers to businesses that collect and control data are “Controllers” and third parties who process that data on behalf of Controllers as “Processors”. Several categories of organizations are exempted, including state agencies and offices, nonprofits, and institutions of higher education, as well as any financial institution subject to the privacy rules of Title V of the Graham-Leach-Bliley Act and entities subject to HIPAA. The law also exempts certain kinds of data, includ
Oregon Lawmakers Introduce Privacy and Data Security Bill
Oregon legislators have proposed a bill to establish guidelines outlined by the state’s CIO office to address data privacy concerns. Other state legislatures are looking at similar laws. Shutterstock/LuckyStep
Oregon senators are considering a bill that would incorporate privacy and data security measures within shared IT services in state government, making Oregon one of several states to introduce legislation to address privacy concerns.
Senate Bill 293 would call for the appointment of a privacy officer within the state CIO’s office; the development of a privacy assessment tool for government IT projects; and communication with those whose information has been collected, stored or used as part of state agency IT projects.
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Introduction
Consistent with a growing national trend, Virginia joined California in recently passing consumer privacy legislation with broad national reach. Both the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (Virginia CDPA) and the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) take effect on Jan. 1, 2023, following closely behind the recently passed and enacted California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which went into effect in January 2020. Kramer Levin developed the following checklist to help businesses better understand:
Whether these laws apply to your business
What consumer rights they create
How to respond to consumers exercising these rights
The best practices to streamline and ensure business compliance
Introduction
Consistent with a growing national trend, Virginia joined
California in recently passing consumer privacy legislation with
broad national reach. Both the Virginia Consumer Data Protection
Act (Virginia CDPA) and the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA)
take effect on Jan. 1, 2023, following closely behind the recently
passed and enacted California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which
went into effect in January 2020. Kramer Levin developed the
following checklist to help businesses better understand:
Whether these laws apply to your business
What consumer rights they create
How to respond to consumers exercising these rights
The best practices to streamline and ensure business
compliance
For companies that have already implemented the CCPA, the good