Unless you have been living off the grid for the past year, you likely know that we are now down to 13 days and counting to the effective date of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). We have received hundreds of...more
12/23/2019
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Because the term “consumer” is so broad in the CCPA (remember: it’s any California resident), it would have applied to employee and job applicant data and all business contact information across the board. After much...more
12/20/2019
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The California Consumer Privacy Act becomes effective on January 1, 2020 with an amendment that impacts California employers. Covered businesses should, of course, already be in the process of preparing CCPA privacy notices...more
10/30/2019
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The California Attorney General’s office (CA AG) has published the long-awaited implementing regulations to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). In addition to the regulations, the CA AG also released a Notice of...more
Interested parties and privacy professionals have all been anxiously awaiting how legislative activity would shake out before the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) is implemented January 1, 2020. Now that the dust has...more
9/23/2019
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As we reported here, the final days of the 2019 California legislative session are winding down, with important amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) still pending. In Thursday’s Senate session, AB 1130 was...more
The California Legislature has returned from its summer recess and got right to work on the pending amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The Legislature has 30 days from today to send any amendments to...more
According to our CCPA Countdown Clock, we are 161 days and counting to the effective date of the California Consumer Privacy Act. The Mintz Privacy team is deeply involved in working with clients on developing compliance...more
Get ready: October 1, 2019 is the new date for many U.S. businesses to begin providing consumers the right to opt-out of the sale of their personal information. While January 1, 2020 was the date upon which many businesses...more
We’ve now presented two webinars (links will be posted ICYMI) on the scope of the California Consumer Privacy Act, and have been talking with scores of clients about preparation and planning. One of the most frequently asked...more
Last week, California State Senator Jackson and state Attorney General Becerra introduced a new bill, Senate Bill 561. If passed, it will greatly expand the consumers’ right to bring private lawsuits for violations of the...more
California continues to lead the nation in cybersecurity and privacy legislation on the heels of the recent California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”). Governor Brown recently signed into law two nearly identical bills,...more
10/4/2018
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Labor Day is passed, and the Privacy & Security Matters blog is back after a bit of a hiatus. The California State Legislature was busy up to the last day of the session working on privacy legislation.
Amendments to...more