California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Consumer Privacy Rights, Consumer Protection Laws

Business to Pay $630,000 Fine for Violation Claims Caused by Cookie Management Tool

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 3/26/2025

A major vehicle automaker will have to change its business practices and pay a hefty fine to resolve claims that the company violated the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), according to the state regulatory authority...more

Privacy Regulators Target the Location Data Industry

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer on 3/25/2025

On March 10, 2025, California Attorney General Rob Bonta (AG) announced an “ongoing investigative sweep” into the use of consumer location data by mobile app providers, advertising networks and data brokers. The AG sent...more

Key Takeaways from the California Privacy Agency’s First CCPA Enforcement Action

Wiley Rein LLP on 3/14/2025

On March 12, 2025, the California Consumer Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA or Agency) announced a settlement with an auto manufacturer, marking the Agency’s first enforcement action under the California Consumer Privacy Act...more

State Attorney Generals Take Center Stage in the Enforcement of Consumer Privacy Opt-Out Rights

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Privacy, Cyber & AI... on 2/18/2025

With a continued lack of progress on federal privacy legislation, state Attorney Generals are emphasizing the importance of protecting consumers and their right to opt out of sharing and selling their personal information....more

State Attorneys General on Applying Existing State Laws to AI

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 2/18/2025

The rapid rise of artificial intelligence (AI) across numerous sectors of the economy has garnered the attention of state attorneys general (AGs). As various industries increasingly adopt AI to streamline or enhance their...more

California AG Issues AI-Related Legal Guidelines for Developers and Healthcare Entities

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 1/17/2025

The California Attorney General published two legal advisories this week: Legal Advisory on the Application of Existing California Laws to Artificial Intelligence. Legal Advisory on the Application of Existing California Law...more

California Attorney General Issues Two Advisories Summarizing Law Applicable to AI

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 1/17/2025

If you are looking for a high-level summary of California laws regulating artificial intelligence (AI), check out the two legal advisories issued by California Attorney General Rob Bonta. The first advisory is directed at...more

New State Data Protection Laws Will Impact Business Nationwide: What You Need to Know

Lowenstein Sandler LLP on 6/21/2024

What You Need To Know: •The Texas Data Privacy and Security Act has broader jurisdiction than any other state data protection law and will regulate the data processing activities of thousands of companies for the first...more

California Attorney General Bark Turns to Bite as First CCPA Settlement Includes Monetary Penalty

White & Case LLP on 9/1/2022

In a long anticipated development, on August 24 California Attorney General Rob Bonta ("Cal AG") announced the state's first monetary penalty under the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA"), in a settlement with the beauty...more

State Legislature Hears Concerns About Proposed Massachusetts Consumer Data Privacy Bill

Pierce Atwood LLP on 10/14/2019

On October 7, 2019, the Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure held a hearing on pending legislation, including An Act Relative to Consumer Data Privacy (S.120). Modeled on the California Consumer...more

Nevada: Bucking the Wait and See Approach to Consumer Privacy Law

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 10/1/2019

In our May blog post, we took issue with the broadcast statement that ‘consumer privacy law was sweeping the country and that other states were jumping on the California Consumer Privacy Law (CCPA) bandwagon to enact their...more

Five Steps to Mitigate CCPA Class Action Risk: What Companies Need to Do to Increase Data Security

Fenwick & West LLP on 8/25/2019

While many companies and service providers are spending significant time and budget on the privacy-related requirements of the forthcoming California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the largest exposure for companies not selling...more

California Dramatically Expands Consumer Privacy Rights For the Entire Country

Weintraub Tobin on 7/19/2019

California recently passed the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, described by Former Gov. Jerry Brown as a “historic step” for California consumers, “giving them control over their personal data.” He claimed that the...more

Will New York Be the Next State to Adopt Robust Data Privacy and Security Laws?

Holland & Knight LLP on 7/10/2019

• The signing of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) into law in June 2018 imposed significant new privacy obligations on businesses that have personal information about California residents and set off a burst of...more

Are Employees Classed as Consumers? California State Assembly Speaks to This and Other Concerns

Womble Bond Dickinson on 6/3/2019

The California State Assembly has passed several amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) this legislative session. Among the total of four CCPA amendments that were passed in the Assembly this week, two have...more

Data Privacy Legislation in Other States

Lathrop GPM on 4/17/2019

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

Podcast: Retail Industry Outlook: Risks and Rewards

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 3/21/2019

In this episode, partners and Akin Gump retail initiative co-leaders Gregory Knopp and Meredith Slawe discuss the retail sector, its promises and its pitfalls. Among the topics covered: • technological innovation in retail ...more

The Robins Kaplan Insurance Insight - Vol. 2, No. 2, Fall 2018: The (Already) Amended California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018’s...

Robins Kaplan LLP on 11/28/2018

California has long been a trailblazer in consumer protection, including in the cyber and privacy spheres. In 1972, the California Constitution was amended to include an explicit and inalienable right to privacy. It was the...more

California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) Practical Guide

BCLP on 9/27/2018

There are significant differences between the version of the CCPA that was first proposed as a ballot initiative in 2017 and the version of the CCPA that was ultimately passed by the state legislature in 2018. In general, the...more

The Practical Guide to the California Consumer Privacy Act: Part 5 The Right to Opt-Out of Information Selling

BCLP on 8/31/2018

The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”) is arguably the most comprehensive - and complex - data privacy regulation in the United States. The CCPA was designed to emulate the European General Data Protection...more

The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 - Increased Consumer Privacy Protections and Significant Business Compliance Burdens

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 8/21/2018

On June 28, 2018, the California Legislature unanimously passed, and the Governor immediately signed, a sweeping expansion of data privacy protections for residents of California. Assembly Bill No. 375, entitled the...more

California Enacts Sweeping New Privacy Law

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 7/12/2018

On June 28, 2018, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA or “the Act”), which is the broadest and most comprehensive privacy law enacted in the United States to date.1 The CCPA...more

California Passes GDPR-Lite: Strictest Privacy Law in United States

Jackson Walker on 7/11/2018

California recently, and quickly, passed the strictest data privacy law in the land: the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (AB-375). Businesses now have less than 18 months to reassess their consumer privacy policies...more

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