The new year serves as a reminder that – at least annually – businesses of all sizes should review their websites, applications and other data-related resources to ensure that they are up to date. Scheduling a regular cadence...more
1/27/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Best Practices ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Data Privacy ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Employee Privacy Rights ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Mobile Apps ,
Privacy Laws ,
Privacy Policy ,
Risk Mitigation ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Websites
California continues to serve as the primary driver of privacy law in the United States, but other state laws now warrant compliance. The California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), effective January 1, 2023, amends and extends the...more
The California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) and other new state data privacy laws are set to take effect in 2023. If you needed an incentive to review your compliance obligations, the California Attorney General recently...more
Facial recognition technology, drones the size of a butterfly, secure microchips replacing magnetic stripes on credit cards, sensors the size of a grain of sand swallowed by patients that transmit data directly to the...more
1/19/2022
/ Best Practices ,
Big Data ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
CAN-SPAM Act ,
COPPA ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
ECPA ,
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
GLBA Privacy ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Internet of Things ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Laws ,
Public Health ,
Risk Management ,
State Privacy Laws ,
TCPA ,
VPPA
Compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”), a first of its kind commercial privacy law, has been a top business priority since June 2018. With the ink barely dry on the California Attorney General’s...more
Just a few months ago, compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (the CCPA) was at the top of many businesses’ priority lists for 2020. With the COVID-19 pandemic, many businesses put privacy compliance and the CCPA...more
California’s Attorney General, Xavier Becerra, issued last Thursday the regulations that will likely govern the operation of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The regulations provide begin to flesh out some of the...more
California and New York make big waves when they pass laws regulating privacy and data. We have previously described the changes coming in 2020 with the California Consumer Protection Act (“CCPA”)....more
As noted in our two prior alerts, CCPA Part 1 and Part 2, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is bringing GDPR-like data protection to the United States. Other states are now following suit.
The California...more
4/17/2019
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Data Privacy ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Pending Legislation ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Laws ,
Private Right of Action ,
Proposed Legislation ,
State Attorneys General
As we explained in our last alert, California’s new comprehensive data privacy law is to take effect on January 1, 2020. For companies subject to this law, compliance will require a substantial investment of time, effort,...more
3/28/2019
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Exemptions ,
Fair Credit Billing Act (FCBA) ,
GLBA Privacy ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HITECH Act ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws
California has enacted the most important data privacy statute the United States has seen to date. The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) brings European-style data privacy regulations to the United States....more