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

California Privacy Protection Agency Remains Committed to Privacy Rights Enforcement

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 7/28/2025

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

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

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 7/22/2025

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

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

Pixel Litigation Risk at Financial Institutions

Ropes & Gray LLP on 7/14/2025

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

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

Osano on 7/9/2025

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

Connecticut Enacts Significant Amendments to State’s Data Privacy Law

Husch Blackwell LLP on 6/26/2025

On June 25, Connecticut Governor Lamont signed Senator James Maroney’s SB 1295 into law. The bill makes several notable changes to Connecticut’s existing consumer data privacy law, including modifying its applicability...more

New Jersey Proposes Rules for the New Jersey Data Privacy Act

McDermott Will & Emery on 6/4/2025

New Jersey’s Office of Consumer Protection has prepared proposed rules for the New Jersey Data Privacy Act (NJDPA) (Proposed Rules). While the bulk of the Proposed Rules consist of recitations of the obligations found in the...more

U.S. State Privacy Regulators Create Consortium as Enforcement Trends Emerge

Benesch on 5/20/2025

Trends and areas of focus under U.S. state data protection laws emerge as U.S. states with data protection laws in place increase enforcement actions and coordination....more

CPPA Underscores That Businesses Own CCPA Compliance – Even When Privacy Management Tools Fail

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 5/13/2025

The California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”) has made it abundantly clear: privacy compliance isn’t just about publishing the right disclosures – it’s about whether your systems actually work. On May 6, the agency fined...more

New CCPA Regs: Part 2: Consumer Requests

Fox Rothschild LLP on 5/8/2025

For the second installment of this series on the new California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) Regs, we are looking at consumer request processes. One major eye opener: Tracker opt-outs must be immediate and you may not be...more

A view from California: Privacy Agency enforcement, CCPA rulemaking and CIPA reform

Clark Hill PLC on 5/8/2025

There is never a boring moment in California privacy law, and these past weeks have been no exception. From major modifications to proposed California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA) rulemaking on automated decision-making...more

CPPA Announces Enforcement Action Against Automaker

K&L Gates LLP on 4/17/2025

On 12 March 2025, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) settled with an automaker that allegedly violated various aspects of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). This first-of-its-kind settlement for the...more

23andMe’s Bankruptcy Doesn’t Mean Genetic Data Will Be Improperly Disclosed

Foley Hoag LLP on 3/28/2025

The chapter 11 bankruptcy cases of 23andMe Holding Co. and its affiliated debtors (collectively, “23andMe”), the company that provides direct-to-consumer genetic testing and ancestry services, has prompted a wave of panicked...more

CPPA Settles Alleged CCPA Violations with Honda

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 3/21/2025

Last week, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) settled its first non-data broker enforcement action against American Honda Motor Co. for a $632,500 fine and the implementation of certain remedial actions....more

Key Takeaways from CPPA’s Recent Settlement with an Automotive Manufacturer for Alleged CCPA Violations

Alston & Bird on 3/20/2025

On March 12, 2025, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) published its decision approving a Stipulated Final Order (Order) against a major automotive manufacturer (company) for violations of the California Consumer...more

What Honda's CCPA Penalty Means for Your Privacy Compliance

Polsinelli on 3/18/2025

The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) has reached a settlement with American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (Honda), as outlined in this Order of Decision. The Order is the CPPA’s first public enforcement action involving a...more

Honda Settles With CPPA Over Privacy Violations: Automaker to Change Business Practices and Pay $632,500 Fine

Clark Hill PLC on 3/18/2025

In a landmark privacy enforcement action, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) has reached a settlement with American Honda Motor Co. (“Honda”) following allegations that the automaker violated the CCPA. The...more

California Consumer Privacy Act Enforcement Costs Company Over $600,000

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck on 3/18/2025

On March 12, 2025, the Board of the California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”) issued a decision requiring American Honda Motor Co. (“American Honda”) to change its business practices and pay a $632,500 fine for making it...more

Location Data Practices Targeted by California Lawmakers and Regulators

Baker Donelson on 3/17/2025

In late February, California lawmakers introduced new legislation that would impose sweeping restrictions on the use of location and tracking data. Known as the California Location Data Act (CLDA), this legislation goes a...more

Honda Settlement for CCPA Violations Should Be A Warning to all Businesses

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC on 3/17/2025

On March 12, 2025, the California Privacy Protection Agency (the Agency) announced a settlement with American Honda Motor Company, Inc. (Honda) for multiple violations of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA),...more

Client Alert: Latest Developments in California Privacy Enforcement in March 2025 – Investigative Sweep and CPPA Enforcement...

Jenner & Block on 3/17/2025

California has again made headlines this week with two notable data privacy developments under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”): (1) the California Attorney General’s (“California AG”) announcement of a new...more

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