On May 29, 2019, Senate Bill 220 (the "Law") was signed into
law by Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak. The Law amends Nevada's
privacy law to grant consumers the right to prevent certain
businesses from selling their personally identifiable information.
Businesses that were already preparing for California's
Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA") (which takes effect on
January 1, 2020), must accelerate compliance measures for the
Nevada Privacy Law effective October 1, 2019.
What are the changes to Nevada's existing privacy law?
Operators that are Affected by the Nevada Privacy Law
The existing Nevada privacy law required an "operator"
of a website or online service to provide a notice that the
operator was collecting "personally identifiable"
information from and about consumers. Under the Law, personally
identifiable information includes: 1) a first and last name; 2) a
home or physical address, which includes the name of a street and
the name of a city or town; 3) an
