Entity-Level vs. Data-Level Exemptions in the New State Privacy Laws

With the increasingly complex patchwork of state privacy laws and regulatory compliance requirements, businesses operating in regulated industries, particularly in the financial services and healthcare sectors, need to ensure they are paying close attention to the details of the exemptions. Key differences in the exemptions built into these new state laws will result in many regulated businesses having drastically divergent compliance obligations on a state-by-state basis.