2024 State Privacy Law Outlook
With no federal privacy law on the horizon, the patchwork of
state privacy laws is continuing to grow in 2024, including both
comprehensive privacy regimes and narrower laws aimed at specific
types of sensitive data.
More states will have comprehensive privacy regimes in 2024. New
comprehensive state privacy regimes – which generally grant
consumers a slate of rights such as the ability to opt out, object,
and request deletion while also imposing comprehensive requirements
on businesses - will take effect in 2024 in Florida, Oregon, Texas,
and Montana after passage last year. Additional comprehensive state
privacy laws have already passed in the first quarter of this year
in New Jersey and New Hampshire (where the law awaits signature).
The new laws in Florida, Oregon and Texas take effect July 1, while
Montana's law takes effect October 1, and New Jersey's
law will take effect in January 2025. And as of early March 2024 ,
at least
