The IAPP Westin Research Center actively tracks the proposed and enacted comprehensive privacy bills from across the U.S. to help our members stay informed of the changing state privacy landscape. This information is compiled into a map, a detailed chart identifying key provisions in the legislation, and links to enacted state comprehensive privacy laws.
Although many of the proposed bills will fail to become law, comparing the key provisions helps break down how privacy is developing in the U.S. The chart identifies fourteen provisions that commonly appear in comprehensive privacy laws. If a bill includes a provision, an "X" is placed in the corresponding column. The provisions are broken into two categories — consumer rights and business obligations — and are described more fully in the chart.
The Westin Research Center periodically updates this table, and previous versions are available for 2018-19, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.