Montana recently amended its privacy law through Senate Bill 297, effective October 1, 2025, strengthening consumer protections and requiring businesses to revisit their privacy policies that apply to citizens of Montana. Importantly, it lowered the threshold for applicability to persons and businesses who control or process the personal data of 25,000 or more
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Rhode Island Passes a Comprehensive Consumer Data Privacy Law
Posted in Consumer Privacy
On June 25, 2024, Rhode Island became the 20th state to enact a comprehensive consumer data protection law, the Rhode Island Data Transparency and Privacy Protection Act (“RIDTPPA”). The state joins Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, and New Jersey in passing consumer data privacy laws this year.
The RIDTPPA takes effect on January…
Trade Associations Weigh In on Claim Accrual Under Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act
By Jody Kahn Mason on
Co-authors: Nadine C. Abrams and Richard Mrizek
In a ruling that may have significant impact on the constant influx of biometric privacy suits under the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) in Illinois, the Illinois Supreme Court will soon weigh in on whether claims under Sections 15(b) and (d) of the BIPA, 740 ILCS 14/1, et…