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Connecticut poised To become fifth state to enact privacy law

By Philip N. Yannella & Timothy Jenkins on May 4, 2022

Connecticut is the next in a growing list of states to pass comprehensive data privacy legislation. Last Friday, the Connecticut legislature passed, by large margins, Senate Bill 6 — which we are referring to as the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA). The law now awaits the Governor’s signature.

The CTDPA follows the form and content of other privacy laws passed in the prior year, including the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA), Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA), and Utah Privacy Act (UPA). … Continue Reading

Chairwoman Waters introduces bill to reverse Mulvaney actions

By Timothy Jenkins on March 7, 2019

Posted in CFPB General, Regulatory and Enforcement

House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters has introduced the “Consumers First Act” (to be designated H.R. 1500), a modified version of a bill she introduced in the last session of Congress when Mr. Mulvaney was still serving as CFPB Acting Director.

The bill calls on the CFPB to “promptly reverse all anti-consumer actions taken during Mr.… Continue Reading