Data Privacy & Security Roundup

Editor's Note: This article was originally published on the Maurice Wutscher blog and is republished here with permission.

The upward trend in data privacy legislation continued in 2023. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, “[a]t least 40 states and Puerto Rico introduced or considered at least 350 consumer privacy bills in 2023,” a significant increase from the 200 bills in 2022. Many of these bills were limited in scope, relating to, for example, biometric, genetic and geolocation data, data brokers, and internet service providers.

Narrowing the focus to legislation that conveys certain rights to consumers and restricts the use of personal information, more than 60 bills were considered in almost 30 states. A comparison chart of those bills can be accessed here.