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Francoise Gilbert on Colorado’s New Privacy Law: Are You Ready?
Effective Sept. 1, 2018, Colorado will require all entities that process or store certain personal information of Colorado residents, regardless of whether the entity is located within or outside of Colorado, to have formal data security and data disposal programs. This is the result of the adoption of Bill 18-1128 “Concerning Strengthening Provisions for Consumer Data Privacy,” signed into law at the end of May 2018, to amend and supplement existing law .... Previously, the definition of “personal identifying information” under the Colorado law was limited to a resident’s first name or initial and last name in combination with the individual’s Social Security, driver’s license, or identification card number, or a credit or debit card or bank account number, combined with a password or access code. The new definition includes additional forms of identification, such as student, military, passport, and health insurance identification number, as well as [...]