2022 is poised to be a busy year for privacy, as California begins rulemaking for its updated consumer privacy statute and dozens of states are expected to reintroduce legislation.
Colorado and Virginia both passed consumer privacy legislation in 2021, complicating the compliance patchwork for companies, attorneys say. And while those two states were the only ones to pass such laws in the last year, a handful of others came close to the finish line, making a whirlwind of activity likely for 2022, they say.
States ranging from Oklahoma to Connecticut are being bandied about as prospective states for 2022 laws ...