Nevada has no comprehensive consumer privacy statute, so obligations there come from its breach-notification law, sector-specific rules and federal statutes. This page collects our coverage touching Nevada. For the underlying law rather than the news, see our Nevada privacy law page.

Data Security Rules

Nevada's PCI DSS Statute: How NRS 603A.215 Turned a Card Industry Standard Into State Law

September 28, 2026

Senate Bill 227 of 2009 was introduced as an encryption rule and enacted with a payment card clause: a Nevada data collector that accepts cards follows the current PCI Data Security Standard for those transactions, and other data collectors encrypt personal information leaving their control. A 2011 bill widened the device rule, and 2025 bills renamed the office that approves other methods.

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Consumer Health Data

Health Data Laws That Reach the Companies HIPAA Never Touched

August 24, 2026

HIPAA attaches to a category of organisation. A newer class of state statute attaches to a category of information instead, defined by what it reveals about a person's health rather than by who holds it. This guide compares how Nevada, Maryland and Washington draw that line, and where the federal Health Breach Notification Rule sits alongside them.

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