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2021 Colorado Privacy Act Is Signed into Law

Pratt’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Law Report

Colorado has become the third state to adopt comprehensive privacy legislation. Despite similarities to California and Virginia laws, the Colorado Privacy Act includes unique compliance requirements. The authors of this article discuss the new law and advise businesses subject to the law to pay close attention to the differences as they create compliance programs in response to various state privacy laws that will become effective in 2023.


On July 8, 2021, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed the Colorado Privacy Act (the “Act”) into law. Colorado has become the third state to adopt comprehensive privacy legislation. The Colorado Privacy Act mimics its predecessors, the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) and the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (“CDPA”), in a number of ways, including by providing consumers the rights to access, obtain a portable copy of, correct, and delete their personal data.

The Colorado Privacy Act also aims to give consumers more control over their personal data by providing consumers with the right to opt out of the sale of personal data and the processing of their personal data for purposes of targeted advertising or profiling, as well as requiring consent to process “sensitive” personal data. Despite similarities to California and Virginia laws, the Colorado Privacy Act includes unique compliance requirements. Businesses subject to the law will need to pay close attention to these differences as they ramp up compliance programs in response to various state privacy laws that will become effective in 2023.

The Act will come into effect July 1, 2023.

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“2021 Colorado Privacy Act Is Signed into Law,” by Sharon R. Klein, Alex C. Nisenbaum, and Karen H. Shin was published in the September 2021 edition of Pratt’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Law Report (Vol. 7, No. 7), an A.S. Pratt Publication, LexisNexis. Reprinted with permission.