A customer looks at a laptop computer for sale last year. Comprehensive consumer privacy laws are taking effect in eight states this year. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) This year, comprehensive privacy ...

Between 2020 and 2024, 20 states enacted comprehensive data privacy laws, and many observers assumed 2025 would see continued proliferation.

At their core, however, the laws follow similar frameworks, granting rights to consumers with respect to their personal data and creating a number of compliance obligations for covered businesses ...

California Attorney General Rob Bonta leads investigation with Colorado and Connecticut targeting businesses that fail to honor Global Privacy Control (GPC) opt-out ...