On April 17, 2024, Governor Jim Pillen signed into law a bill (L.B. 1074) enacting the Nebraska Data Privacy Act (“NEDPA”). The NEDPA will take effect on January 1, 2025.  Applicability The NEDPA is similar in structure and scope to the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act. The NEDPA applies solely to persons that: (1) conduct business...

On April 17, 2024, Colorado enacted H.B. 1058which amends the Colorado Privacy Act (“CPA”) and makes Colorado the first state to explicitly extend the protections of a state comprehensive privacy law to neural data. The Act expands the definition of “sensitive data” in the CPA to include two newly-added defined terms: “biological data” and “neural...

On May 1, 2024, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) and the UK regulator for communications and online safety, Ofcom, issued a joint statement regarding their collaboration on the regulation of online services where online safety and data protection intersect. This statement builds on the joint statement published in 2022. The latest statement...

On April 22, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights announced its final “HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy” (the “Final Rule”). The Final Rule strengthens privacy protections under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) for reproductive health care-related...

The Maryland legislature recently passed the Maryland Online Data Privacy Act of 2024 (“MODPA”), which was delivered to Governor Wes Moore for signature and, if enacted, will impose robust requirements with respect to data minimization, the protection of sensitive data, and the processing and sale of minors’ data. Applicability ...

The Centre for Information Policy Leadership (“CIPL”) at Hunton Andrews Kurth recently released a report on Enabling Beneficial and Safe Uses of Biometric Technology Through Risk-Based Regulations (the “Report”).  The Report examines global laws and regulations that target biometric data and encourages adoption of a risk-based approach.  According to...