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![20 of 50 US States Have Privacy Laws in 2026 [Tracker]](/_astro/how-many-us-states-have-privacy-laws-in-2026.CaXY8Bln_zSIkn.webp)
20 of the 50 US states, 40 percent, have a comprehensive consumer privacy law in effect as of 2026, per the IAPP's US State Privacy Legislation Tracker. Four more are enacted but not yet effective, and 26 states still have no comprehensive privacy law at all.
Read article![Just 3 States Require a Biometric Privacy Policy [2026]](/_astro/how-many-privacy-policies-cover-biometric-data.Q-G745FF_1p6kTm.webp)
Only 3 of the 50 US states, Illinois, Texas, and Washington, have a dedicated biometric privacy statute in 2026, and just one of them requires the retention policy itself to be written down and made public. See how all 20 comprehensive state privacy laws now treat biometric data, per RecordingLaw's 2026 fifty-state comparison.
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Twenty US states now have a comprehensive consumer privacy law in effect as of January 2026, per the IAPP's US State Privacy Legislation Tracker, with four more enacted and awaiting effective dates. See the full state-by-state list, effective dates, and what each law requires.
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