On July 7, 2021, Governor Jared Polis signed into law the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA), making Colorado the most recent state to enact comprehensive privacy legislation. While the CPA does not take effect until July 1, 2023, it contains robust provisions that businesses will need some time to prepare for.
The CPA draws many principles from and has a similar framework to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA),… More
California voters on Election Day passed the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), an update and partial overhaul to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the landmark 2018 privacy law. The new CPRA strengthens existing privacy protections, particularly for certain categories of sensitive personal information, and creates an independent enforcement agency. However, privacy advocates like the ACLU of Northern California and the Electronic Frontier Foundation came out against or refused to support the measure,… More