2024 compliance deadlines
51 data, privacy, AI and cybersecurity deadlines fall in 2024, across 40 regulations.
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January 20242 deadlines
- EU Data ActEuropean Union
Data Act enters into force
Entered into force on the twentieth day after publication in the OJ on 22 Dec 2023 (Art 50).
- EU Data ActEuropean Union
Reduced switching charges period begins
From 11 Jan 2024 to 12 Jan 2027, data processing providers may charge only reduced switching fees, capped at costs directly linked to switching (Art 29(2)-(3)).
February 20241 deadline
- Digital Services ActEuropean Union
DSA applies to all intermediary services
Full application to all providers of intermediary services (Art 93(2)).
March 20244 deadlines
- Digital Markets ActEuropean Union
Gatekeeper compliance deadline (first designations)
First-wave gatekeepers had to comply with Arts 5-7 obligations and submit compliance reports six months after the 6 Sep 2023 designation.
Order effective except revised notification rules
Definitions and other parts of the order took effect; the revised 64.2011 and 64.5111 notification requirements were delayed pending OMB approval.
Cross-border data flow provisions take effect
Exemptions and volume thresholds apply from publication (Art. 14); security assessment results are valid for 3 years (Art. 9).
- Washington My Health My Data ActWashington
Regulated entities must comply
Sections 4-9 (privacy policy, consent, consumer rights, sale authorization) apply to regulated entities.
April 20242 deadlines
Annual compliance notification
Certification of compliance or acknowledgment of non-compliance due (recurs every April 15).
General 180-day transition ends
Most new Second Amendment requirements apply, e.g. annual reporting to the board and risk assessment updates.
May 20244 deadlines
AI Policy Act effective
Generative AI disclosure duties and the Office of AI Policy take effect.
FTC breach notification requirement effective
Section 314.4(j) requires notice to the FTC within 30 days of discovering a notification event involving at least 500 consumers.
SB 24-205 signed
Governor Polis signs the original Colorado AI Act with a February 1, 2026 effective date.
- eIDAS 2 / EU Digital Identity WalletEuropean Union
eIDAS 2 enters into force
Regulation (EU) 2024/1183 entered into force on the twentieth day after publication on 30 Apr 2024 (Art 2).
June 20245 deadlines
Law 7499 amendments take effect
New sensitive data and cross-border transfer rules (Arts. 6 and 9) apply.
Smaller reporting companies: Item 1.05 compliance
Smaller reporting companies must begin complying with Form 8-K Item 1.05 incident disclosure.
- Washington My Health My Data ActWashington
Small businesses must comply
Sections 4-9 apply to small businesses.
July 20246 deadlines
Universal opt-out mechanism recognition required
Controllers must honor AG-recognized universal opt-out mechanisms (e.g. Global Privacy Control).
Florida Digital Bill of Rights takes effect
SB 262 obligations under Fla. Stat. 501.701-501.722 apply.
OCPA takes effect for most controllers
OCPA obligations apply to for-profit controllers meeting the thresholds.
TDPSA takes effect
Most TDPSA obligations and consumer rights apply.
2024 amendments effective
Amendments clarifying health app coverage, unauthorized disclosure as breach, email notice and FTC notice timing took effect.
August 20245 deadlines
SB 2979 amendment effective
Public Act 103-0769 signed and effective immediately: single recovery per person and electronic signatures allowed for consent.
Amendments effective
The Regulation S-P amendments became effective; compliance tiered by entity size.
HB 3773 signed
Governor Pritzker signs Public Act 103-0804.
International transfer regulation published
Resolution CD/ANPD 19/2024 on international transfers and standard contractual clauses published and in force.
September 20245 deadlines
Old transfer regime ends
Transitional period ends in which the former Article 9 explicit-consent transfer basis could still be relied on.
One-year grace period ends
Grace period for controllers to comply ends; PDPL fully enforceable.
SB 942 signed
SB 942 chaptered (ch. 291) with an original operative date of January 1, 2026.
Phase 3: data portability
Right to data portability in a structured, commonly used technological format applies.
AB 2013 signed
AB 2013 chaptered (ch. 817).
October 20244 deadlines
MCDPA takes effect
Consumer rights, controller duties and opt-out preference signal support apply.
PDP Law transition ends
Controllers and processors must fully comply (Art. 74 two-year transition).
November 20242 deadlines
Governance, encryption, IR/BCDR, exemptions
500.4 governance, 500.15 encryption, 500.16 incident response and business continuity plans, and 500.19(a) revised exemptions apply.
- NIS2European Union
Implementing Regulation 2024/2690 enters into force
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690 (published 18 Oct 2024) sets technical risk-management measures and significant-incident thresholds for DNS, TLD, cloud, data centre, CDN, managed (security) service providers, online marketplaces, search engines, social networks and trust service providers.
December 202411 deadlines
- Product Liability DirectiveEuropean Union
New PLD enters into force
Directive entered into force on the twentieth day after publication in the OJ on 18 Nov 2024 (Art 23).
Approved by the Federal Senate
Senate approves the consolidated text and sends it to the Chamber of Deputies.
- Cyber Resilience ActEuropean Union
CRA enters into force
Entered into force on the twentieth day after publication in the OJ on 20 Nov 2024 (Art 71(1)).
Most POLA Act 2024 amendments commence
Tiered penalties, infringement notices, OAIC powers, security and overseas-transfer clarifications and doxxing offences commence the day after Royal Assent.
Published in Diario Oficial
Law 21.719 published; 24-month vacatio legis begins.
Inline XBRL tagging of annual cybersecurity disclosures
Item 106 / Item 16K disclosures must be tagged in Inline XBRL for fiscal years ending on or after this date.
Inline XBRL tagging of Item 1.05 disclosures
Form 8-K Item 1.05 and Form 6-K incident disclosures must be tagged in Inline XBRL.
- eIDAS 2 / EU Digital Identity WalletEuropean Union
First wallet implementing acts enter into force
Commission Implementing Regulations (EU) 2024/2977, 2024/2979, 2024/2980, 2024/2981 and 2024/2982 (adopted 28 Nov 2024, published 4 Dec 2024) enter into force. This starts the wallet deadline clocks in Arts 5a and 5f.
Mandatory 60-day cure period expires
After Dec 31, 2024, the AG is no longer required to offer a 60-day cure before enforcement; cure becomes discretionary.