Iowa Enacts Most Business-Friendly State Privacy Law: Chart

The latest state comprehensive privacy law, enacted in Iowa, lacks several requirements for businesses and rights for consumers included in most other states’ legislation.

Iowa became the sixth state to sign localized data protections into law last week with its act, referred to as Senate File 262, even as federal lawmakers remain stymied on passing a national privacy standard. It’s considered one of the more business-friendly approaches so far, which privacy advocates say results in weaker data privacy protections.

There are some common features among the state measures: State attorneys general are the primary enforcers of all six laws, and ...