California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Compliance, State Privacy Laws

To Do: Annually Review Privacy Notices or Risk CPPA Enforcement

Fox Rothschild LLP on 8/11/2025

The annual review and update (if necessary) of privacy notices just got an upgrade to a “must do.” This provision, found in California Consumer Privacy Act from the beginning, requires companies to assess their data...more

CCPA Enforcement Action Highlights CPPA Focus on Opt-Out Rights, Website Functionality, and Reliance on Service Providers

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 8/5/2025

On May 1, 2025, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) issued a Final Order in one of its first public enforcement actions under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), imposing a fine of nearly $350,000 on the...more

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

California AG focuses on contracts, opt-outs, and consumer disclosures in Healthline settlement

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 7/17/2025

On July 1, 2025, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a $1.55 million proposed settlement order with Healthline Media – the largest California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) settlement to date. The proposed settlement...more

Adtech Privacy Pain Points: Top 7 List for Effective Opt-Out Compliance

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 6/26/2025

As privacy enforcement ramps up, effectively managing opt-out requirements under state privacy laws is a top risk mitigation measure. But complying with opt-outs is not just a matter of providing a consumer-facing opt-out...more

5 Key Privacy Enforcement Insights Shared by State Regulators at IAPP’s #GPS25

Wiley Rein LLP on 4/25/2025

IAPP’s Global Privacy Summit in DC this week has featured panels with several state regulators charged with enforcing their state’s privacy laws, including regulators from California, Colorado, Connecticut, and Oregon. The...more

Privacy Policy Basics

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC on 4/23/2025

In today’s digital landscape, privacy policies have evolved from obscure legal documents into essential corporate governance tools. As data privacy regulations expand globally, organizations face increasing compliance...more

Strategic Artificial Intelligence Planning Alert: A State and Federal Regulatory Roadmap for 2025 Compliance

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Privacy, Cyber & AI... on 2/21/2025

The World Economic Forum has stated that 88 percent of C-suite executives indicated that adopting artificial intelligence (AI) in their companies is a key initiative for 2025. Companies are pivoting from merely testing AI to...more

Data Broker Privacy Compliance: Our Top 5 List

Stoel Rives LLP on 2/18/2025

With the current patchwork of data privacy laws, compliance can be challenging for any business. The compliance landscape may be even more fraught with risk for data brokers, given various data broker registration...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

Data Privacy Day Checklist: Top 10 ways to protect your organization's data

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 1/27/2025

Tomorrow is International Data Privacy Day, so a happy day to all! More seriously, data privacy concerns and legislation continue to rapidly increase. It has been estimated that by the end of 2024 more than 75 percent of...more

New Year, New Privacy Laws!

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 1/10/2025

States continued to pass comprehensive consumer privacy laws throughout 2024. 2025 brings eight new state-level comprehensive consumer privacy laws into effect. As with the five state privacy laws that went into effect in...more

State Privacy Laws: An Excerpt from the Advertising Law Tool Kit

Venable LLP on 11/22/2024

Join us as we spotlight select chapters of Venable’s popular Advertising Law Tool Kit, which helps marketing teams navigate the legal risk of campaigns and promotions....more

The Cookies that May Bite Back

Womble Bond Dickinson on 9/26/2024

Would you like some milk with those website cookies? We know the common privacy joke. However, website cookies and online tracking technologies (collectively, “cookies”) are increasingly no joking manner as they can create...more

Accelerating Privacy Scrutiny: Key Developments for the Auto Industry

Venable LLP on 6/4/2024

Recent U.S. developments indicate a growing focus on regulating and investigating the data privacy practices of companies in the automotive sector. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently highlighted in a blog post its...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

California’s Privacy Laws: Financial and Medical Data, Website Usage, Children’s Data, Data Brokers, and Customer Records

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 2/29/2024

California has a long history of protecting privacy rights. Article I, Section 1, of the California Constitution expressly provides a right of privacy. Recently, the focus has been on compliance with the California Consumer...more

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