Privacy & Information Security Law Blog

Update: On April 2, 2025, the Virginia legislature declined to adopt Governor Youngkin’s amendments to S.B. 854, and returned the bill back to the Governor for consideration.

On March 24, 2025, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin asked the Virginia state legislature to strengthen the protections provided in a bill passed by the legislature earlier this month that imposes significant restrictions on minors’ social media use.

On March 24, 2025, Virginia Governor Youngkin signed into law S.B. 754, which amends the Virginia Consumer Protection Data Act to prohibit the collection, disclosure, sale or dissemination of consumers’ reproductive or sexual health data without consent.

On March 18, 2025, NetChoice filed a lawsuit seeking to enjoin a Louisiana law, the Secure Online Child Interaction and Age Limitation Act, from taking effect this July.

On March 25, 2025, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin vetoed the High-Risk Artificial Intelligence Developer and Deployer Act, which had been passed by the Virginia legislature. The Act would have imposed accountability and transparency requirements with respect to the development and deployment of “high-risk” AI systems.

On March 21, 2025, the Cyberspace Administration of China and the Ministry of Public Security jointly released the Security Management Measures for the Application of Facial Recognition Technology, which will become effective on June 1, 2025.

Hunton is pleased to host the first of its Technology Forum roadshows in Cleveland, Ohio, on May 14, 2025. Join us as we bring together industry professionals in privacy, technology and procurement for a half-day program to discuss the hottest topics facing businesses today.

On March 18, 2025, the European Commission proposed to adopt an extension of the two adequacy decisions with the UK for a period of six months. 

On March 15, 2025, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear signed into law a bill amending the Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act to exempt from the law’s application certain data subject to HIPAA.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta recently announced a new enforcement sweep targeting the location data industry’s compliance with the CCPA.

On March 13, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted a second motion for preliminary injunction in favor of the technology trade group NetChoice.

On March 7, 2025, the California Privacy Protection Agency voted to authorize the agency to advance proposed data broker regulations concerning the Delete Request and Opt-Out Platform to formal rulemaking.

Earlier this month, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton submitted a response to India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology regarding the Draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules 2025.

On March 11, 2025, the Virginia legislature passed a bill that would amend the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act to impose significant restrictions on minor users’ use of social media.

On March 7, 2025, the New York Attorney General announced a $650,000 settlement with Saturn Technologies Inc., the developer of a student social networking app, for alleged privacy violations.

On March 12, 2025, the California Privacy Protection Agency announced that it reached a settlement with American Honda Motor Co. in which Honda will pay a $632,500 fine to resolve claims that the company violated the CCPA.

After six months of enforcement of Oregon’s Consumer Privacy Act, a new report from the Oregon Attorney General indicates strong consumer engagement with the law’s privacy rights, notable business compliance efforts and key areas where businesses are falling short.

On March 6, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights announced a $200,000 civil monetary penalty against Oregon Health & Science University for allegedly violating the HIPAA Privacy Rule’s right of access.

On February 27, 2027, in Chabolla v. ClassPass Inc., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in a split 2-1 decision, held that website users were not bound by the terms of a “sign-in wrap” agreement.

The Attorney General of Arkansas filed a lawsuit against General Motors and its subsidiary, OnStar, alleging deceptive trade practices related to the collection and sale of drivers’ data.

On March 10, 2025, the Attorney General of New York filed a lawsuit against several insurance companies doing business as Allstate Insurance Company and National General for alleged violations of New York’s breach notification law, general business laws and consumer protection laws. 

On February 20, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia granted a motion for class certification in a class action alleging that WebMD violated the federal Video Privacy Protection Act by disclosing certain user data to Facebook without the users’ consent. 

On March 5, 2025, the European Data Protection Board announced the launch of its latest Coordinated Enforcement Framework action addressing the right to erasure.

Last month, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, chair of the Crypto Task Force, laid out a broad agenda for the SEC’s approach to cryptocurrency over the next four years.

On February 21, 2025, President Trump issued a National Security Memorandum on America First Investment Policy outlining the administration’s foreign direct investment policy, including initiatives for a regulatory fast track process, additional scrutiny for Chinese investors, key changes to reviews by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States including CFIUS’s use of national security agreements.

On February 20, 2025, the Virginia legislature passed the High-Risk Artificial Intelligence Developer and Deployer Act.

On February 20, 2025, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office published its annual Tech Horizons Report, which explores four key technologies expected to play a significant role in society in upcoming years.

The California Privacy Protection Agency Board will hold Board meetings on March 6 at 2 PM PT and March 7 at 9 AM PT addressing the creation of a data broker deletion request mechanism, pursuant to the CA Delete Act.

The Cyberspace Administration of China recently released requirements regarding data protection compliance audits, which will go into effect on May 1, 2025.

The People’s Bank of China recently released the Draft Administrative Measures for Reporting of Cybersecurity Incidents in the Operational Areas of PBOC for public comment.

NetChoice has filed a lawsuit challenging Maryland’s Age-Appropriate Design Code Act on constitutional grounds, arguing that the law’s requirements, including requirements to perform data protection impact assessments, inhibit free speech.