Consumer Privacy Requests and Wiretapping Claims Across a Patchwork of State Laws: A Defensible Response Playbook

As nearly half of U.S. states have enacted consumer privacy laws (CPLs), attorneys must navigate a complex patchwork of overlapping consumer rights, material legal differences, and evolving enforcement trends. While many CPLs borrow concepts from the EU GDPR, they often take very different approaches to applicability, consumer rights, and compliance obligations. At the same time, plaintiffs’ attorneys are increasingly relying on state wiretapping, confidential communications, and consumer protection laws to bring privacy-related claims, while state privacy and consumer protection regulators have become more active in enforcing consumer data rights. This program provides a practical framework for addressing these challenges, from…