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California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) Data Privacy Consumer Privacy Rights

The California Consumer Privact Act (CCPA), effective January 1, 2020, enhances privacy rights and consumer protections of California residents. Follow this channel for latest guidance and updates on the CCPA,... more +
The California Consumer Privact Act (CCPA), effective January 1, 2020, enhances privacy rights and consumer protections of California residents. Follow this channel for latest guidance and updates on the CCPA, including implications for business conducting business in California.  less -
Blank Rome LLP

California Finalizes CCPA Regulations on Cybersecurity Audits, Risk Assessments, and Automated Decisionmaking: Key Provisions and...

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The California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”) finalized a set of regulations under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) on July 24, 2025, that address cybersecurity audits, risk assessments, and automated...more

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CPPA Board Finalizes New Rules on ADMT, Cybersecurity Audits, and Risk Assessments

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The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) board unanimously voted on July 24, 2025 to finalize a package of regulations related to automated decision-making technology (ADMT), cybersecurity audits, and risk assessments....more

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

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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

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

CPPA releases updated regulations proposed after comment period

On July 24, the CPPA released updated regulations under the California Consumer Privacy Act, (CCPA) establishing those changes made after the 45-day comment period affecting three main areas of concern: Automated...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Analyzing the New CCPA Regulations

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At its July 24 board meeting, the California Privacy Protection Agency Board authorized agency staff to finalize regulations on automated decision-making technology, risk assessments, cybersecurity audits, insurance, and...more

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New California Regs Will Impact Your AI and Privacy Policies: FAQs on Automated Decision-Making, Risk Assessments, and...

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California regulators unanimously approved a sweeping set of regulations on July 24 governing the use of automated decision-making technology (ADMT) and mandating risk assessments and cybersecurity audits for businesses...more

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The CCPA’s automated decisionmaking tool rules: New consumer rights and compliance challenges

On July 24, 2025, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) unanimously adopted a comprehensive rulemaking package under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) that primarily addresses automated decisionmaking...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

California Finalizes CCPA Regulation Amendments: New Compliance Obligations for Cybersecurity, Risk Assessments, and Automated...

On July 24, 2025, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) Board approved a final package of amendments to the regulations implementing the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). These sweeping changes impose...more

Hogan Lovells

The Next Battlefront: the CCPA and evolution of website pixel litigation

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A trio of federal court decisions has emboldened the plaintiffs' bar with a new potential tool to wield in the ongoing wave of litigation targeting businesses for their use of routine website technologies: the California...more

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Healthline Proposed Settlement Informs Businesses of What Not to Do

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On July 1, California Attorney General (AG) Rob Bonta announced a significant proposed settlement with Healthline Media LLC (Healthline) — a prominent website publisher of health information and wellness articles. The...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

California Privacy Protection Agency Remains Committed to Privacy Rights Enforcement

Before assuming his new role as Executive Director for the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA), Tom Kemp served as a volunteer policy advisor on the Delete Act in 2023 and California’s 2020 ballot initiative, which...more

Fisher Phillips

OOPS! What Website Owners Need to Know about Opt-Out Preference Signals + 4 Compliance Steps

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Businesses should be aware of recent public outreach in California – and other states with consumer privacy laws – signaling that increased enforcement activity is on the horizon. For instance, the California Privacy...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

State Privacy Enforcement Accelerates, With California Targeting Substantive Compliance and Connecticut Bringing Its First Action

As federal privacy enforcement shows signs of slowing, states are aggressively stepping in to fill the void. On July 1, 2025, the California attorney general (AG) announced a $1.55 million settlement with Healthline Media,...more

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States Continue Privacy Law Enforcement Efforts

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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

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

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

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

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Healthline Media Agrees to Largest CCPA Settlement to Date

On July 1, 2025, the California Attorney General’s Office (AG) announced a proposed $1.55 million settlement with Healthline Media, operator of the popular website Healthline.com. The AG alleges Healthline violated numerous...more

Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

Ninth Circuit Judge Questions Continued Viability of Internet Wiretapping Claims

Readers of this blog may recall a piece in which we discussed an unfavorable Ninth Circuit California Invasion of Privacy Act (“CIPA”) internet wiretapping decision. Interestingly, the Ninth Circuit recently weighed in again...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

Pixel Litigation Risk at Financial Institutions

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An increasingly aggressive plaintiffs’ bar has brought purported class action suits based on the nearly ubiquitous use of tracking technologies used for website analytics. Although any actual harm to the plaintiffs is...more

Polsinelli

California AG Reaches Record $1.55M CCPA Settlement with Healthline

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The California Attorney General (AG) has announced a landmark $1.55 million settlement with Healthline Media LLC (Healthline), which operates a health information website. The settlement marks the largest fine to date in an...more

BCLP

Cookies in the Cross-Hairs: Enforcement Continues

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In April of this year, the California Privacy Protection Agency imposed a $632,500.00 monetary penalty on American Honda Motor Co. In our discussion of that action - Are Cookies Banners Crumbling? – we raised the alarm for...more

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Customer Data Privacy: Why It’s Important and How to Protect It

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Data privacy regulations aren’t known for being light reading. That doesn’t make it easy for businesses to become compliant. When one law refers to data subjects, another to residents, another to consumers, and another...more

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California AG Issues Largest Monetary Penalty in Most Recent CCPA Enforcement Action

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On July 1, the California Attorney General (CA AG) announced a $1.55 million settlement – the largest penalty issued under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) to date – with Healthline, an online health and wellness...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Where is the GLBA Entity-Level Exemption? Two More State Privacy Laws Now Apply to Financial Institutions

In May, Montana enacted Senate Bill 297, which amends the Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act (MCDPA) to eliminate the broad exemption for financial institutions subject to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA). Connecticut...more

Fisher Phillips

Healthline to Pay $1.55M for Alleged CCPA Violations: Key Lessons for Businesses from Largest Settlement Yet

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Healthline Media has agreed to pay $1.55 million to resolve allegations that it violated the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) – which is the largest settlement to date under the state’s landmark privacy law. The...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

California’s Latest Dose of Enforcement Regarding Health Data

On July 1, 2025, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a settlement with Healthline Media LLC stemming from alleged violations of the state’s consumer privacy law, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)....more

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