Enforcers Warn State Privacy Push Will Catch Companies Off Guard

Companies should brace for a wave of state data privacy enforcement from attorneys general eager to make bold moves as more than 30 seats are up for re-election next year, a former Texas official said Friday.

“There’s going to be timeline pressure internally at a lot of attorneys general offices, including Texas, to do fast investigations, to do splashy investigations,” Tyler Bridegan, former director of privacy and tech enforcement at the Texas Attorney General’s Office and partner at Womble Bond Dickinson told attendees Friday at IAPP’s conference focused on privacy and security in San Diego. “It’s going to be an ...