Will New York Be The Next State To Adopt Robust Data Privacy And Security Laws?

Mark H. Francis is a Partner in Holland & Knight's New York office.

Highlights

• The signing of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) into law in June 2018 imposed significant new privacy obligations on businesses that have personal information about California residents and set off a burst of privacy legislation across the U.S.
• Various privacy bills have been introduced in dozens of other states and also in Congress, and others are still in the works – a key issue being whether and to what extent a federal bill would preempt state privacy laws.
• New York has seen two noteworthy legislative developments on privacy protections in the past few months: the Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act (SHIELD Act) and the New York Privacy Act (NYPA).