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Legislation · 5 January 2026

More US state privacy statutes take effect

Additional comprehensive state privacy laws come into force, widening the patchwork that businesses must map.

What changed

The new statutes broadly follow the access, correction, deletion and opt-out template, but differ on universal opt-out signals, cure periods and sensitive data definitions. Most compliance programmes continue to build to the strictest applicable standard.

Why this is marked high impact

Changes obligations for most people or businesses in scope, usually with a compliance deadline. Impact is our editorial read of scope, not a legal opinion on how the change affects you.

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