Comprehensive Privacy Laws

Montana now joins a growing list of states to have a comprehensive privacy law. The law was signed by the governor on May 19, 2023 and will go into effect October 24, 2024. This is before some Iowa (effective January 1, 2025) and Indiana (effective January 1, 2026), which pre-dated it in passage.

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With the governor signing SF 262 into law last week, Iowa became the sixth US state with a comprehensive privacy law. The law goes into effect January 1, 2025. It applicability is similar to other states’ laws. It applies to companies that do business in Iowa and either: (1) control or process personal data of at least 100,000 Iowans; or (2) derive over 50% of gross revenue from the sale of personal data and control or process personal data of 25,000 or more Iowans. These thresholds are calculated annually.

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