We’re halfway through 2024. Are you wondering what you need to think about for your privacy program in the rest of 2024? At the federal level, at the time of this alert, the American Privacy Rights Act remains at the...more
California was the first US state with a comprehensive privacy law the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), 4 more states followed with omnibus privacy laws effective this year and state legislatures passed 8 more this...more
10/11/2023
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This is one of several client alerts in a series counting down to the date when CCPA applies (Almost 1 month to go) -
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) takes effect for businesses January 1, 2020. Don’t wait to...more
11/27/2019
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Don’t wait to implement your California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) compliance as it could require changes to your operations. As a reminder, the CCPA takes effect January 1, 2020 and can apply to businesses even if they do...more
9/19/2019
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California’s Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) will go into effect on January 1, 2020. CCPA can apply to businesses even if they do not have offices or employees in California. For-profit businesses that collect or use personal...more
In July, we published a client alert answering key questions about the CCPA. However, state lawmakers have made additional changes to the law since then. Below is an updated overview showing the amendments in bold...more
9/7/2018
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On June 28, 2018, California enacted the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”). CCPA, unlike any other law, requires companies to honor specific privacy rights of California consumers granted under CCPA....more
7/3/2018
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Portability ,
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State and Local Government
On January 11, 2017, the Swiss Federal Council announced that a new framework will govern the transfer of personal data from Switzerland to the US. According to the Federal Council, the Swiss-US Privacy Shield Framework...more