Cybersecurity Policy Report, VITAL BRIEFING: Uncommon Features Included in Alabama’s New Comprehensive Privacy Law, (May 8, 2026)

By WK Editorial Staff

On April 16, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R.) signed H.B. 351, Reg Sess. (Ala. 2026), making Alabama the 22nd state to enact a comprehensive privacy and data protection law, coming on the heels of Oklahoma’s privacy law, which was enacted in March.

In this Vital Briefing, Wolters Kluwer Senior Legal Analyst Tony Foley analyzes the law’s requirements, providing a high-level overview of provisions similar to those in other states’ law and pointing out some of the law’s interesting aspects, including its unique applicability thresholds. He discusses items that businesses should consider in preparing to comply with the law when it becomes effective next year and outlines other comprehensive bills currently under consideration that may warrant closer attention.

You can read the Vital Briefing here.

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