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Data Privacy Attorney Collin Walke for IAPP - A long, winding road: Oklahoma closes in on comprehensive privacy law
February 2026
IAPP
Collin Walke, who left state politics in 2022 and is a shareholder leading Hall Estill's Cybersecurity & Data Privacy practice, told the IAPP that he and West always tried to seize on an opportunity for states to "take the lead and do it the right way." They initially sought to go against the grain with opt-in requirements that Walke admitted were "unrealisitic" and tried other nuanced provisions in the years to follow, including proposals on dark patterns and data minimization on information used for identity verification in their 2021 bill. READ MORE
