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COPPA’s Coming of Age: Key Compliance Changes in FTC’s Final Rule

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On January 16, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) finalized amendments to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Rule (Final Rule), which completes the process that started back in 2019 when the FTC sought...more

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New York Modifies Data Breach Law Heading Into 2025

As 2024 came to a close, New York Gov. Hochul signed two bills (A8872A and S2376B) amending New York’s data breach law. The modifications change both what constitutes personal information under the law, as well as modifying...more

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Pennsylvania Makes Significant Changes to Its Data Breach Notification Law

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On June 28, 2024, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signed an amendment to Pennsylvania’s Breach of Personal Information Notification Act into law. The amended law, which includes significant changes to the Keystone State’s...more

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Quebec Law No. 25: a Little-known Privacy Law With a Big Reach

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In late 2021, the Quebec legislature passed “The Privacy Legislation Modernization Act” or Law No. 25 (“Law 25”), which was designed to modernize and make significant changes to Quebec’s existing privacy framework....more

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New York State Amends Its Workplace Anti-Discrimination and Anti-Harassment Laws

On March 16, 2022, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law two amendments to the State’s workplace anti-discrimination and anti-harassment laws. First, the New York State Human Rights Law (“NYSHRL”), New York...more

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Amended Japanese Privacy Law Creates New Categories of Regulated Personal Information and Cross-Border Transfer Requirements

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The amended law comes into effect in April and covers new categories of personal information, including personal-related information and sensitive personal information. In June 2021, Japan enacted an amendment to its privacy...more

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California Broadens Security and Breach Laws, Includes Genetic Data

California recently updated both its data security and breach notice laws to include genetic data. With the passage of AB 825, the data security law now includes in the definition of “personal information” genetic data. The...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Three More California Privacy Bills Become Law: CPPA Rulemaking Responsibility, Genetic Data Breaches, and New Genetic Information...

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Californians voted to enact the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”) almost one year ago. Last week, Governor Gavin Newsom signed three new privacy bills into law....more

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Utah Creates Data Breach Safe Harbor

Utah recently amended its breach notice law to provide certain defenses to companies who suffer a data breach. It is now the second state, after Ohio, to include such provisions. Specifically, entities that create and...more

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CCPA 2.0 Passes: The California Privacy Rights Act To Become Law

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On November 3, 2020, California voters convincingly approved the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”) ballot initiative. The CPRA builds upon and amends the California Consumer Protection Act (“CCPA”), aligning it more with...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 20, Number 11. Privacy Briefs: November 2020

Report on Patient Privacy 20, no. 11 (November 2020) - HHS Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology (ONC) is giving health care organizations more time to meet new rules on information...more

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California’s new privacy law, the CPRA, was approved: Now what?

On November 3, 2020, California voters passed Proposition 24, the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), by approximately 56-44%. This act will amend and supersede the still recent California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), once...more

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Proposition 24 Passes In California, Ushering In More Consumer Privacy Protections

By almost 1.5 million votes, California voters approved Proposition 24, the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (“CPRA”). The CPRA amends and expands the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”) and is...more

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California Passes New CPRA Privacy Regulation

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On November 3, 2020, the state of California voted to pass Proposition 24, also known as The California Privacy Rights and Enforcement Act of 2020 (“CPRA”). As a result of this vote, businesses dealing with personal...more

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Privacy Alert: 2020 Election Ushers in a New California Privacy Rights Act (aka “CCPA 2.0”)

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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

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CCPA QOTD: What are the employee/applicant and “business to business” exemptions?

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

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

New CCPA amendments bring clarity prior to the January 1, 2020 deadline

In the run-up to January 1, 2020, the California legislature and Attorney General are rushing to provide clarity to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) - and businesses are rushing to interpret and implement...more

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CCPA Privacy and Security FAQs: Does the CCPA define “personal information” differently for privacy and security purposes?

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Yes. The sections of the CCPA that relate to data privacy (i.e., the collection, use, and sharing of information) use a definition of “personal information” that includes approximately 26 categories or types of data. That...more

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California Amends CCPA, Imposing Fewer Requirements on Employee Data Prior to January 1, 2020

On October 11, 2019, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill (AB) 25, which amends the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA). AB 25 seeks to ease the pain for employers struggling to comply with the CCPA,...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Countdown to CCPA #4: Governor Signs CCPA Amendment to Add Additional Exemptions

Information collected in employment or business-to-business contexts is exempt for one year. For the first year it is in effect, the CCPA will not apply to personal information collected about employees or in B2B...more

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Hospitality Industry Prepares for Slate of New Consumer Privacy Protections

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Five bills to amend California's landmark privacy legislation, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), have passed the California State Legislature and now head to Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk. (See Holland & Knight's...more

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The California Consumer Privacy Act’s Amendments Are Final: What Businesses Need to Know

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The Act’s final statutory form has taken shape, leaving the 2018 version of the law largely intact. Key Points: ..The California State Senate and Assembly have completed their legislative session, passing only modest...more

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Breathing Room? California Legislature Passes Two Major Amendments to California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)

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Businesses may receive a bit of breathing room as a result of two amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) passed on Friday, September 13, 2019, by the California Legislature.  The Legislature gave businesses...more

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