Four different states (Washington, Virginia, Oklahoma and Minnesota) are on track to enact new data privacy laws in 2021, but are businesses ready to comply with state-by-state regulations? This patchwork of legislation could leave companies confused and vulnerable to legal action if they are unprepared.
According to GeekWire, the Washington Privacy act would grant consumers the right to to access, transfer, correct, and delete the data that companies such as Facebook or Google hold on them. Consumers can also opt-out of targeted advertising and the sale of their personal data under the legislation. The legislation draws on many of the principles in the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation and the California Consumer Privacy Act that passed in 2018.