On July 1, the California attorney general (CA AG) announced the largest CCPA settlement to date, $1.55 million, and the first settlement against a website publisher, Healthline Media LLC (Healthline)....more
7/7/2025
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Things happen quickly in the world of data privacy. With new laws being enacted, regulations continuing to develop and enforcements an ongoing reality, we thought a brief update on recent developments in U.S. comprehensive...more
Throughout 2022 and into 2023, state regulation of data privacy continued its rapid expansion. In 2022, companies prepared for new comprehensive privacy laws in California and Virginia....more
On Friday, July 14, 2023, on the heels of the California Attorney General’s (AG) announcement seeking information from California employers on their compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the California...more
7/24/2023
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On June 29, 2023, the Superior Court of California for the County of Sacramento (Court) issued a tentative ruling staying the California Privacy Protection Agency (Agency) from enforcing the California Consumer Privacy Act of...more
On Oct. 15, 2021, BakerHostetler reported on the status of the California Privacy Protection Agency’s rulemaking process and the challenges the agency faces issuing regulations under the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA)...more
On Jan. 28, California Attorney General Becerra tweeted his support for a newly developed privacy tool that may function as a means for universal opt out. “#CCPA requires businesses to treat a user-enabled global privacy...more
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), a leading advertising industry organization, has launched a CCPA Benchmark Survey to assess how companies across the digital advertising ecosystem are approaching CCPA compliance. The...more
8/28/2020
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Web Tracking
On Friday, August 14, 2020, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced approval by the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) of final regulations (Final Regs) under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Proposed...more
Managing compliance to global and regional privacy regulations can be challenging. Your organization must have rigorous data privacy policies and practices, including GDPR & CCPA compliance, in place to avoid potential...more
7/1/2020
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On Friday, June 19, 2020, the Superior Court of California issued a ruling that paved the way for Californians to see the CPRA on the ballot in November. In its ruling, the court recognized that Alastair Mactaggart, the...more
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) requires the California Attorney General (AG) to issue regulations to “further the purposes of the title” by July 1, 2020. ...more
Today we filed a request to the California Attorney General, as part of the CCPA rulemaking process, seeking an additional six month delay in the enforcement of the CCPA to allow our clients time to better focus on business...more
Owners of websites and mobile applications that utilize cookies and other tracking technologies, e.g., pixels, app SDKs (tracking technologies), for interest-based advertising and other activities inherently share data across...more
A letter penned by the top ad industry trade associations (the American Association of Advertising Agencies, the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), the Association of National Advertisers, the American Advertising...more
The California attorney general (the AG) has concluded the first round of public comments on the proposed regulations that would serve to interpret and implement California’s sweeping new privacy law, the California Consumer...more
A little more than 100 days prior to the effective date of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), six amendments (A.B. 25, A.B. 874, AB 1146, A.B. 1202, A.B. 1355 and A.B. 1564) to the act were approved by California...more
9/18/2019
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Right to Delete
As we reported in April, May and June, a number of potentially significant amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) continue to make their way through the state legislative process. ...more
Over the past several weeks, the California State Assembly has voted in favor of advancing to the California Senate bills that would narrow the reach of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). ...more
6/6/2019
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On Monday, Feb. 25, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, together with Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson (D), announced Senate Bill 561 to amend the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). ...more