California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Compliance, Corporate Counsel

California Adopts Regulations on Cybersecurity Audits

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 7/29/2025

California has approved new regulations requiring some companies to conduct annual audits of their cybersecurity programs, including the policies, procedures, and practices for protecting personal information. On July 24,...more

States Continue Privacy Law Enforcement Efforts

Wiley Rein LLP on 7/17/2025

Recent enforcement activities in California and Connecticut highlight that states are ready and willing to actively enforce their comprehensive privacy laws. These recent actions – which continue the trend of states ramping...more

CCPA Compliance Reminder: Annual Update Requirement for Online Privacy Policies

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 6/26/2025

For businesses subject to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), a compliance step often overlooked is the requirement to annually update the businesses online privacy policy. Under Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.130(a)(5),...more

Proposed State Privacy Law Update: February 17, 2025

Husch Blackwell LLP on 2/17/2025

Keypoint: Last week saw a flurry of activity across numerous states, including bills advancing in Virginia, Oklahoma, Washington, Utah, and South Carolina, while lawmakers continued to introduce bills across the country. ...more

California Privacy Protection Agency Issues Enforcement Advisory on Dark Patterns

Baker Botts L.L.P. on 9/6/2024

On September 4, 2024, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) issued Enforcement Advisory 2024-02 which addresses the use of “dark patterns” in user interfaces under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). This...more

Four New State Consumer Privacy Laws Are Slated to Take Effect in 2024

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 3/5/2024

In 2023, four consumer privacy laws went into effect in Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia and Utah. Entities should prepare for a new class of consumer data privacy laws to take effect in Florida, Montana, Oregon and Texas...more

2023 Global Data Privacy Law Survey Report

Womble Bond Dickinson on 7/18/2023

2023 is shaping up to be a landmark year for data privacy, on both sides of the Atlantic. In the US, four new state laws go into effect – two on July 1 – while California is expanding its already robust requirements, and...more

Florida Governor Signs Data Privacy Law Focused on Children, Search Engines and Billion Dollar Businesses

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 6/12/2023

Florida has joined the growing list of states enacting comprehensive privacy laws. Governor Ron DeSantis (R) signed the Florida Digital Bill of Rights (“FDBR”) into law on June 6th. How does it compare?...more

State of US Data Privacy Law Compliance

Womble Bond Dickinson on 6/22/2022

In May 2017, the world of data privacy was irreparably changed when four members of the Chinese military hacked into credit-reporting company Equifax, exposing the personal information of nearly 150 million Americans. The...more

Steps to Take in 2022 To Prepare for New State Privacy Laws

Wiley Rein LLP on 1/19/2022

Privacy In Focus®- The last several years have seen major developments in state privacy laws. While Congress remains gridlocked on the federal privacy front, states enacted omnibus data privacy bills that will impact...more

CCPA Update: New Regulations Approved

Husch Blackwell LLP on 3/16/2021

Keypoint: Modifications to the CCPA regulation’s provisions regarding requests to opt-out and authorized agent requests are now final. On March 15, 2021, the California Attorney General’s office announced that the Office...more

California Privacy Rights Act Passes: Five Tips to Help Companies Prepare for California’s New, New Thing!

Fenwick & West LLP on 1/11/2021

The California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) passed by ballot measure in November 2020. While it does not repeal the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which became effective in January 2020, it does change and augment CCPA...more

[Virtual Event] 2020 Virtual Seattle Regional Compliance & Ethics Conference - November 13th, 8:25 am - 5:30 pm PST

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics... on 11/4/2020

Our Virtual Regional Compliance Conferences provide updates on the latest news in regulatory requirements, compliance enforcement, and strategies to develop effective compliance programs. Watch, listen, and ask questions from...more

Proposed CCPA Regulations Add Clarity to Consumer Opt-Out Rights

McDermott Will & Schulte on 10/21/2020

On October 12, 2020, the California Department of Justice announced the release of a new, third set of proposed modifications to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations. The proposed modifications amend a final...more

California Passes Bill Extending Exemptions for Employment and Business-to-Business Information Under the CCPA

Alston & Bird on 9/1/2020

On Friday, August 28, the California state legislature passed Assembly Bill 1281 (“AB 1281”), potentially extending until January 1, 2022 the partial exemptions for employment and business-to-business data under the...more

The California Consumer Privacy Act Regulations Are Finally Here, But Wait There’s More…

White & Case LLP on 8/18/2020

On August 14, 2020, California’s Office of Administrative Law (“OAL”) approved the final version of the implementing regulations for the California Consumer Privacy Act (“Final Regulations”). The approval of these final...more

California AG Comes Out of the Gate Charging, Focusing on Businesses…

Fenwick & West LLP on 7/22/2020

California AG Sends Initial Notices of Potential CCPA Non-Compliance. Although the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) became effective January 1, 2020, the California Attorney General (AG) was restricted from beginning...more

[Event] 2020 Virtual Columbus Regional Conference - May 1st, Columbus, OH

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 4/9/2020

Our Virtual Regional Healthcare Compliance Conferences provide updates on the latest news in regulatory requirement, compliance enforcement, and strategies to develop effective compliance programs. Watch, listen, and ask...more

Current Developments in the US: White-Collar Enforcement and trends for 2020

Latham & Watkins LLP on 2/11/2020

In the following article we will discuss the current developments and trends for 2020 and outline what EU-based companies with a US presence should look out for in 2020 regarding US white-collar and compliance trends in the...more

Survey of Fortune 500 Companies’ Privacy Representations - December 2019

BCLP on 12/30/2019

With the enactment of the European General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA”), companies have been forced to cope with a shifting privacy landscape that impacts the data that...more

CCPA 100-Day Compliance Checklist: It's Not Just About the Privacy Policy

White & Case LLP on 9/24/2019

White & Case Technology Newsflash With only 100 days left in 2019 as of the date of this publication, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) will be here before you know it. As we have described previously, the CCPA...more

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