Blog: US Privacy Laws
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CCPA (CPRA) Notice of Financial Incentive
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is a landmark data privacy legislation in the United States. It provides new rights for California's residents, holds companies to a higher standard of data protection, and imposes stringent penalties on violators. (It was amended by the CPRA, which took effect in January, 2023.) In...
Washington Foundational Data Privacy Act (HB 1850)
The Washington Foundational Data Privacy Act (also known as HB 1850 or FDPA) is one of three comprehensive privacy bills proposed in the state of Washington to protect and enforce the data privacy rights of its residents. The Washington Foundational Data Privacy Act was introduced by representatives Vandana Slatter and April...
The Utah Consumer Privacy Act
The Utah Consumer Privacy Act (UCPA) was signed into law by Governor Spencer Cox on March 24th, 2022, joining a growing list of U.S. states with comprehensive consumer privacy laws. California, Colorado, and Virginia have all passed similar privacy laws, and several other states are in the process of passing privacy...
Florida Privacy Protection Act: SB 1864
Note: SB 1864 did not pass and is considered a dead bill as of March of 2022. On January 7, 2022, Senator Jennifer Bradley filed the Florida Privacy Protection Act (SB 1864) in Florida. The purpose of the legislation is to recognize that privacy is a crucial right for all consumers...
Wyoming's Genetic Data Privacy Act
Wyoming's Genetic Data Privacy Act was signed into law by Governor Mark Gordon on March 8th, 2022, and goes into effect on July 1st, 2022. This act was passed to help protect genetic data as it can be used to identify individuals and their family members and can contain their...
CPA Privacy Policy Template
The Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) will become effective from July 1, 2023. If you do business in Colorado or target its residents to sell products or offer services, you may need to start actively taking steps to comply with the state's privacy act. One very important obligation the CPA imposes on businesses...