Privacy laws in the United States

Data privacy laws in the US regulate the use, collection, and disclosure of data and individuals’ rights concerning the data once it is shared.

The United States doesn’t have one comprehensive law that covers the privacy of all types of data. Instead, there are laws covering only specific types of data in special circumstances or applicable to given states.

There are a few major data privacy acts in the US:

The law that revolutionized the approach to data privacy in the US was the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), expanded with the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) and applicable to businesses in California. It gives consumers rights concerning their personal data and imposes certain obligations on businesses that collect or sell it.

Only a few other US states have their own data privacy laws, including:

US companies operating in the EU are also obliged to adhere to GDPR.

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