Auto dealerships that provide financing are subject to the Gramm Leach Bliley Act (GLBA). That’s the old news. What’s new is that GLBA-covered businesses have until December 9 to implement significant changes to their...more
8/9/2022
/ Car Dealerships ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Customer Information ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
Incident Response Plans ,
Information Security ,
New Rules ,
Privacy Laws ,
Risk Assessment ,
Safeguards Rule
There’s been a lot of buzz in privacy circles in recent weeks over proposed bipartisan federal privacy legislation that has advanced from policy committee and now awaits further action on the floor of the House of...more
When covered businesses collect personal information about consumers – including employees and job applicants – the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) requires them to comply with certain disclosure obligations, among...more
After a stalemate over federal consumer privacy legislation in the past few years, a draft bill was released on June 3 that signals a major step towards bipartisan support for federal consumer privacy legislation. The...more
6/14/2022
/ Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Covered Entities ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Data Transfers ,
Preemption ,
Privacy Laws ,
Private Right of Action ,
Proposed Legislation ,
State Privacy Laws
While it is clear that the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) imposes certain disclosure obligations on businesses regarding concrete personal information collected about consumers, businesses often forget that they also...more
Californians just passed a ballot measure that will soon expand the nation’s most stringent data privacy law – and it will have an impact on employers across the country. By voting in favor of Proposition 24 – the California...more
11/5/2020
/ B2B Transactions ,
Ballot Measures ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Retention ,
Data Security ,
Data Use Policies ,
Duty to Correct ,
New Legislation ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Sensitive Personal Information
Governor Newsom just signed legislation that will extend the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) exemption for employee, job applicant, and independent contractor data for an additional year – until January 1, 2022....more
10/1/2020
/ Ballot Measures ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Employee Privacy Rights ,
Exemptions ,
Governor Newsom ,
Independent Contractors ,
Job Applicants ,
Personal Information ,
Privacy Laws
As I was checking my wife and myself into a nearby beach town resort during a recent spontaneous trip, I wondered when the smiling gentleman behind the counter would present me with the hotel’s CCPA notice. I am referring, of...more
Thanks to recent negotiations among state lawmakers, it appears that California employers may get a temporary reprieve on some of the more sweeping data privacy requirements that were set to take effect in just a few short...more
7/16/2019
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Use Policies ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Employee Privacy Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Job Applicants ,
Pending Legislation ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws
SB 1121, which is making its way through the California Legislature, would allow businesses to be sued for data breaches even when no one was actually injured. This includes being sued for failing to implement and maintain...more
No! It is a common misconception among the general public that someone always has to pay when there is a data breach. It is understandable that individuals affected by a data breach will be upset, distraught, and even angry....more
11/15/2017
/ Best Practices ,
Civil Liability ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Duty of Care ,
Expert Witness ,
Failure to Mitigate ,
Federal Breach Notification Standard ,
Identity Protection Services ,
Identity Theft ,
Negligence ,
Penalties ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Private Right of Action ,
Security Audits ,
State Data Breach Notification Statutes ,
Statutory Violations ,
Trade Secrets
Employers have a legal obligation to safeguard and protect a variety of information hosted in the workplace. Unfortunately, when it comes to workplace data breaches, the question is not if you will suffer one, but when....more