October 7, 2019 / Blog Post
Consumer privacy protection in recent state legislation
Special thanks to Emily Cunningham, Weil Brown law clerk, for her assistance on this article.
Since California passed the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), many states have introduced similar consumer data privacy legislation, but so far only Maine and Nevada have passed legislation successfully. Nevada focuses on internet website operators, whereas Maine focuses on broadband internet access service providers. Both laws are generally narrower than CCPA, although Maine’s law has an opt-in only provision.
