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Maryland has set a new standard with the Maryland Online Data Privacy Act (MODPA), effective October 1, 2025. This Perkins Coie LLP blog post highlights noteworthy provisions that distinguish MODPA from other state privacy laws. #Privacy #PrivacyLaw #DataPrivacy #MODPA

Maryland has set a new standard with the Maryland Online Data Privacy Act (MODPA), effective October 1, 2025. This Perkins Coie LLP blog post highlights noteworthy provisions that distinguish MODPA from other state privacy laws. #Privacy #PrivacyLaw #DataPrivacy #MODPA

Maryland has set a new standard with the Maryland Online Data Privacy Act (MODPA), effective October 1, 2025. This Perkins Coie LLP blog post highlights noteworthy provisions that distinguish MODPA from other state privacy laws. #Privacy #PrivacyLaw #DataPrivacy #MODPA

Maryland has set a new standard with the Maryland Online Data Privacy Act (MODPA), effective October 1, 2025. This Perkins Coie LLP blog post highlights noteworthy provisions that distinguish MODPA from other state privacy laws. #Privacy #PrivacyLaw #DataPrivacy #MODPA

Understanding the New Hampshire Privacy Act (NHPA): What You Need to Know: New Hampshire has joined the many other states implementing comprehensive data privacy laws in the absence of an overarching federal regulation. While this means greater complexity for businesses, we’ve got you covered. Read on to learn all the basics of the New Hampshire data privacy law, including key provisions, its impact on businesses and steps to take to ensure compliance with the increasingly complex patchwork of data privacy laws.... By: Osano #dataprotection #dataprivacy #privacy

Yesterday, Maryland Governor Wes Moore signed the Maryland Online Data Privacy Act (“MODPA”) into law. As a privacy professional, and lifelong Marylander, it feels strange to not have the privacy rights and protections that I work to ensure are respected every day. That changes October 1, 2025 when the law becomes effective. I’m particularly happy about the data minimization requirement limiting personal data collection to what is “reasonably necessary and proportionate to provide or maintain a specific product or service requested by the consumer.” The requirement shifts the balance in favor to what the consumer requests compared to what the business publically discloses. Thanks to ZwillGen for the great explanation. #modpa #dataprivacy #dataprotection #privacyrights #dataminimization #maryland #privacylaw #data #dataprotectionlaw #dataprivacylaw #cippus #iapp #md #marylandlaw

New Federal Privacy Bill Gains Momentum: Last week, a bipartisan coalition in Congress introduced the American Privacy Rights Act (“APRA”), a draft federal privacy bill. The APRA represents the latest effort to create a federal consumer data privacy law after its predecessor, the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (“ADPPA”), stalled out. The bill would, if passed, provide a federal privacy law framework, pre-empting the various state privacy laws that have proliferated in the absence of a federal statute.... By: Klein Moynihan Turco LLP #dataprotection #dataprivacy #privacy

Check this blog that I authored along with my colleagues Ahmed Eissa and Kady Hammer on the Maryland Online Data Privacy Act.

The California Consumer Privacy Act went into effect on January 1st, 2020, and three years later, on January 1st, 2023, the California Privacy Rights Act did the same. In the last year, several additional states have followed California’s lead with their own data privacy laws. #customerdata #dataprivacy #dataprivacylaws #statedataprivacylaws

We've been waiting for Governor Wes Moore to sign Maryland's data privacy law into law, but we're too excited to wait any longer 😅 Your guide to compliance with one of the most impactful state privacy laws to come along well ... ever ⌛ Don't believe us? The Maryland Online Data Privacy Act has: 🐢Strict data minimization requirements 🐢A ban on the sale of sensitive data 🐢Expanded categories of sensitive data 🐢Expanded rights around minors' data 🐢Impact assessment requirements for algorithms Dive into the law here: https://lnkd.in/gpcuXYsc (Bonus points for understanding the turtle emoji use 👍) #dataprivacy #maryland