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May

9
2024
Industry News

Oregon Releases FAQs for Compliance with State Data Privacy Law

The resource covers data definitions and who is required to comply with the law, taking effect July 1, among other details.

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May

9
2024
Industry News

U.S. State AI Update: Utah Enacts First StateGenerative AI Transparency Law – California,Colorado and Connecticut Are Close Behind

On May 1, 2024, Utah’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy Act (the “AI Policy Act”) took effect. The AI Policy Act is the first U.S. state law to impose transparency obligations on companies using generative artificial intelligence (“Gen AI”). Those obligations are particularly critical for any company or individual in a regulated industry, such as medicine or accounting. Penalties are up to $2,500 for each violation, and the law may be enforced by the Utah Division of Consumer Protection or the courts.

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May

9
2024
Industry News

CFPB Official Urges Consumers to Consider Small Credit Card Issuers

In the post, Julie Margetta Morgan, the CFPB’s associate director of research, monitoring and regulations, reminds readers that the top 10 credit card companies alone manage 83% of outstanding credit card debt and that many of the biggest card issuers offer cards that come with the worst terms, the highest interest rates and the steepest late fees.

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May

9
2024
Industry News

Attorney General Bonta to Congressional Leaders: Federal Data Privacy Law Should Set a Floor, Not a Ceiling

OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today led a multistate coalition of 15 attorneys general urging congressional leaders to remove preemption language in the current draft of the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA), a proposed federal data privacy bill. The preemption clause currently in the APRA would result in California’s landmark privacy law being replaced with weaker protections and would hamper the ability of California to adequately protect the privacy of its citizens in the future.

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May

9
2024
Industry News

With Landmark Price Transparency Law Set to Go into Effect July 1, Attorney General Bonta Releases Guidance for Businesses

OAKLAND — As the landmark price transparency law is set to go into effect July 1, California Attorney General Rob Bonta today released guidance to help businesses across the state comply with the new law. According to 2018 data from Consumer Reports, at least 85% of Americans have experienced a hidden or unexpected fee for a service, and more than two-thirds of those surveyed in 2023 said they were paying more now in surprise charges than they did five years earlier.

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