As the proliferation of connected devices, applications and other technology continues, the opportunities for the use and misuse of consumer data have also grown. With new and massive data breaches constantly entering the news cycle, lawmakers are responding to demands for privacy and data security.
The recent focus of privacy professionals in the United States has overwhelmingly been on the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), particularly the release of the final regulations implementing the CCPA.
Amid the attention-grabbing CCPA headlines, businesses must not lose sight of other state laws that have recently passed, as well as legislation on the horizon. As reported by the National Conference of State Legislatures, more than half of U.S. states introduced consumer data privacy legislation and 43 states considered bills addressing cybersecurity in 2019.
Some of the new laws and proposed bills are summarized below and represent broader legislative trends that will likely continue into the new decade.