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New York S. 1241 and A. 6117 would presume exposure to COVID-19 to be an occupational illness.

California S.B. 1059 would expand the California data broker registry’s reach, requirements, and penalties for violations.

The California Social Media Platform Duty to Children Act (A.B. 2408) would restrict some online platforms from addicting children to the Internet, including through use or sale of their personal data. Terms in the bill are broad enough to include some insights companies/services, and violations would be subject to private lawsuits.

Virginia’s comprehensive consumer data privacy law, coming into effect in a matter of months, was recently altered by the legislature.

The California Workplace Technology Accountability Act (A.B. 1651) would severely restrict employers and their vendors from collecting and using worker data in the style of (and overlapping/conflicting with) CCPA/CPRA, but enforced by private litigation and would also restrict the use of automated decision-making systems and electronic monitoring.

The New York End Employer Collusion Act (S. 562 and A. 1643) would prohibit noncompete agreements for employees of franchises and punish violations with private litigation.

The Louisiana Consumer Privacy Act (H.B. 897) is comprehensive privacy legislation modeled on the recently-enacted Utah Consumer Privacy Act.

Inclusiveness and attention to diversity are crucial to research because they help organizations create a brand narrative for a broad audience. Far too often, marketing professionals rush to launch a campaign that is inadvertently inauthentic or even hurtful. Organizations do not always conduct proper market research and have not carefully considered representation from the nations’ complex spectrum. 

The Pennsylvania Consumer Data Privacy Act (H.B. 2202) is comprehensive privacy legislation providing the usual range of privacy rights and responsibilities, to be enforced by the state Attorney General.

The U.S. Treasury Department has prohibited offering most insights services to most anyone in Russia, effective June 7, 2022, in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.