On April 11, the Indiana legislature passed comprehensive state privacy legislation in the form of S.B. 5. S.B. 5 shares similarities with the state privacy laws in Virginia, Connecticut, Colorado, Utah, and most recently Iowa. If signed into law, S.B. 5 would take effect on January 1, 2026. This blog post summarizes the statute’s key takeaways.Continue Reading Indiana Passes Comprehensive Privacy Statute
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Indiana Reporters’ Shield Law Does Not Protect Online Comments, Rules Judge
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According to an article written by Jeff Swiatek in the Indianapolis Star, an Indiana judge has ruled that the state’s reporters’ shield law does not prevent two newspapers from being compelled in a lawsuit to disclose identifying information about online commenters in their Web forums. The ruling is the first…
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