At a February 27, 2019 hearing on “Privacy Principles for a Federal Data Privacy Framework in the United States,” Republican and Democratic members of the Senate Commerce, Science, & Transportation Committee offered different perspectives on whether new federal privacy legislation should preempt state privacy laws.
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House Subcommittee Holds Initial Hearing On Potential New Privacy Bill
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On February 26, 2019, a key House subcommittee held a hearing to explore the possible contours of new federal privacy legislation. At the hearing, Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)—who chairs the Energy & Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce—said the hearing on “Protecting Consumer Privacy in the Era of Big Data” was only the first of “several hearings” that she would organize on consumer privacy.
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California To Hold Public Forums on CCPA Implementation
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Starting next week, the California Department of Justice will hold six public forums on how the state should implement its landmark privacy law, the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”). Although California enacted the CCPA in June 2018, the state is still in the process of implementing the new legislation, and the public forums “will provide an initial opportunity for the public to participate in the CCPA rulemaking process,” California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced in a December 19 press release.
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Vermont Publishes New Guidance on Law Regulating “Data Brokers”
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On December 11, 2018, the Vermont Office of the Attorney General published new guidance on the state’s data broker law (Act 171 of 2018), which imposes new data breach notification requirements on “data brokers” and takes effect on January 1, 2019. The new guidance clarifies the definitions of key statutory terms and the scope of the law’s various requirements.
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