Privacy & Information Security Law Blog

On September 26, 2025, California Governor Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 45, which amends existing California law to strengthen privacy protections for health and location data of individuals seeking health care services, including reproductive health care.

On January 14, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it had issued final orders against data brokers Gravy Analytics, Inc. and Mobilewalla, Inc. for the collection, use, and sale of consumers’ precise geolocation data.

On June 2 and June 5, 2023, the Connecticut and Nevada state legislatures, respectively, voted in favor of sending legislation to their governors for signature that would impose restrictions, among others, on the processing of consumer health data, including geofencing provisions.  Nevada S.B. 370 was signed by Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo on June 16, 2023. These bills contain provisions similar to Washington’s My Health My Data Act and expand on protections in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and other privacy laws.