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The following post was prepared by guest contributor, my friend, my brother-in-arms, and newly-minted Partner in Shook’s Privacy and Data Security Practice, Colman McCarthy
For what seemed like an eternity (okay, just a couple years), the California Consumer Privacy Act was the only game in town when it came to state-level, comprehensive privacy legislation. Sure,…
The Florida Legislature is considering a comprehensive privacy law (HB 969) that would fundamentally change the landscape of how/whether companies do business in Florida. The bill is largely a “cut-and-paste” of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), but in some ways, it goes further than the CCPA and would make Florida’s law the…
Yesterday, the Governor of Florida threw his support behind a newly introduced consumer data privacy bill (HB 969) which is very similar to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018. The Governor’s support is a significant development given that he and both chambers of the Florida Legislature are Republican and, to date,…