New Data Privacy Legislation Introduced In West, Mountain States | Fox Rothschild LLP
To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: North Dakota, Utah, Washington State. .. all three have recently introduced new pieces of data privacy legislation. UTAH Utah State Rep. Walt Brooks, has introduced House Bill 80, which creates an “affirmative defense” for companies in lawsuits over data breaches, provided they can prove that they maintain up-to-date data security. “It doesn’t give them immunity and it doesn’t release them from liability especially if they’re negligent,” said Brooks. Another bill introduced in the legislature regulates the state’s us...