Around the country, the weather is turning wintery, but in the privacy arena, there will be a blizzard as five state comprehensive privacy laws become effective.
Here is an overview of businesses needing to prepare.
1. Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act (DPDPA)
The DPDPA takes effect on January 1, 2025. It applies to entities doing…
On March 28, 2023, Iowa’s Governor signed Iowa’s new statute relating to consumer data protection. Iowa joins California, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, and Virginia in the ever-growing patchwork of consumer privacy laws across the country.
The new law takes effect on January 1, 2025.
Iowa’s consumer privacy law covers businesses…
On March 15, 2023, the Iowa legislature unanimously passed Senate File 262, the Consumer Privacy Act, which relates to consumer data and privacy protection. Once signed by Iowa’s governor, the statute will become operative on January 1, 2025, and Iowa will join California, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, and Virginia in passing…
Iowa made changes to its breach notification law (Iowa Code § 715C.1 et seq.) when the state’s Governor, Terry Branstad, signed S.F. 2259 into law. The amendment makes the following key changes which become effective July 1, 2014:
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An invasion-of-privacy claim against an insurance agent brought by his former employee should proceed even where a surveillance camera placed by the agent in the workplace’s unisex bathroom was faulty, the Iowa Supreme Court has ruled. Koeppel v. Speirs, No. 08-1927.
The district court dismissed the invasion-of-privacy claim on summary judgment because there was no…
