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

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Wiley Rein LLP on 7/16/2025

FTC Sends Warning Letters Regarding Potential Noncompliance With “Made in USA” Requirements. On July 8, the FTC sent letters to a flagpole retailer, footwear maker, football equipment company, and personal care products...more

Back to the future: How data privacy laws can teach us what to expect with AI regulation

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 4/7/2025

There is a commonly held belief that legal-ethical regulation is unable to keep up with the pace of technology. The belief is so prevalent that it has been given a colloquial term: “the pacing problem.” Although this term...more

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

AI-Powered Video Game Advertising: Regulatory and IP Challenges

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC on 3/5/2025

AI is coming for digital advertising in video games. AI-driven technologies now enable the integration of dynamic, personalized advertisements within gaming environments, enhancing player engagement and offering lucrative...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

State AGs Publish Guidance on How State Laws Apply to AI

Alston & Bird on 2/4/2025

On December 24, 2024 and January 13, 2025, the Oregon Attorney General’s Office and the California Attorney General’s Office published advisories (collectively, “Advisories”) explaining how existing statutes may be used to...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

Status Of Proposed CCPA-Like State Privacy Legislation As Of March 29, 2021

Husch Blackwell LLP on 3/29/2021

Keypoint: There were a number of notable developments this week: the Washington Privacy Act passed out of a house committee after adding a private right of action, there was more movement on the Florida and Connecticut bills,...more

Key Regulatory Developments Impacting the California Lending and Payments Space

White & Case LLP on 2/19/2020

The State of California is home to almost 40 million consumers and the world’s fifth largest economy. It represents a key exposure to most financial services companies’ US footprint. In recent years nonbank financial services...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

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

New York Poised to Make Big Splash in State Data Protection Law

Lathrop GPM on 6/24/2019

California and New York make big waves when they pass laws regulating privacy and data. We have previously described the changes coming in 2020 with the California Consumer Protection Act (“CCPA”)....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

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