California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Data-Sharing, Opt-Outs

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

Fisher Phillips on 7/28/2025

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

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

California AG Secures Record $1.55M CCPA Settlement Against Healthline Over Targeted Ads and Health Data Sharing

Fenwick & West LLP on 7/16/2025

On July 1, 2025, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a $1.55 million settlement, pending court approval, with Healthline Media, LLC. This settlement is the largest penalty issued to date under the CCPA, as...more

What the Latest CCPA Settlement Means for Your Compliance Strategy

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 7/9/2025

On July 1, 2025 the California Attorney General announced the largest CCPA settlement to date, totaling $1.55 million. The settlement, which is awaiting court approval, was the result of an investigation by the California...more

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

Fisher Phillips on 7/8/2025

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

Record-Breaking $1.55M CCPA Settlement Against Health Information Website Publisher

BakerHostetler on 7/7/2025

On July 1, the California attorney general (CA AG) announced the largest CCPA settlement to date, $1.55 million, and the first settlement against a website publisher, Healthline Media LLC (Healthline)....more

Navigating Consumer Opt-Outs in Corporate Transactions: Insights on California’s AB 1824

BCLP on 12/9/2024

On September 29, 2024, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 1824 into law, amending the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) to require entities involved in corporate transactions, such as mergers and acquisitions,...more

California Privacy and AI Legislation Update: October 7, 2024

Husch Blackwell LLP on 10/7/2024

Throughout the 2024 legislative session, we have been tracking numerous privacy- and AI-related bills pending in California. Ten of those bills passed the state legislature before the legislative session ended on August 31...more

Navigating Privacy and Data Security Challenges in the Hospitality Industry: Key Considerations for Hotel Management Agreements

Goodwin on 9/25/2024

Over the past decade, the hospitality industry has rapidly adopted intensive technologies to meet the rising expectations of guests, personalize each guest’s experience, and cultivate and enhance customer loyalty. Access to...more

California Agency Provides Insights into CCPA Enforcement Priorities: 3 Tips for Staying Off the Enforcement Radar

Fisher Phillips on 8/2/2024

A recent board meeting of state officials revealed that the California agency responsible for overseeing the state’s landmark consumer privacy law received over 2,000 complaints for alleged violations in the past year alone –...more

CPPA Enforcement Division Issues First Enforcement Advisory on Data Minimization

White & Case LLP on 5/9/2024

On April 2, 2024, the California Privacy Protection Agency's (CPPA) Enforcement Division issued its first enforcement advisory, titled "Applying Data Minimization to Consumer Requests," to further emphasize the importance of...more

How Much Data is Too Much? 4 Steps Businesses Should Take as California Focuses On Data Minimization Requirements

Fisher Phillips on 4/15/2024

Businesses take heed: California state officials just warned that the law prohibits you from collecting unnecessary data and retaining data for longer than necessary. The California Privacy Protection Agency published its...more

California Attorney General Announces Investigation of Streaming Services for CCPA Violations

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 2/2/2024

Last week, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a new enforcement focus on streaming apps’ failure to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). This investigation will examine whether streaming...more

CCPA’s Third Amended Regulations

BCLP on 4/30/2021

On March 15, 2021, California Attorney General, Xavier Becerra, announced additional California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations. These new changes went into effect on March 15, 2021....more

California Privacy Rights Act Passes: Five Tips to Help Companies Prepare for California’s New, New Thing!

Fenwick & West LLP on 1/11/2021

The California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) passed by ballot measure in November 2020. While it does not repeal the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which became effective in January 2020, it does change and augment CCPA...more

CPRA Series: Impacts On Notice At Collection And Privacy Policy

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 11/19/2020

Already at the cutting edge of U.S. privacy law, California jumped even further ahead of the pack with the recent approval by State voters of the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”). The CPRA, which builds upon the...more

Voters May Favor Prop 24 and the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 Despite Ambiguities

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C. on 10/30/2020

Nearly a year after the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) went into effect, Californians now have a chance to weigh in on the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA), which is on the November 3, 2020, ballot as...more

Data Privacy Bill Introduced in Washington State

Morgan Lewis on 1/29/2020

Washington may be the next state to enact its own data privacy law after a bill was introduced into the Washington State Senate earlier this month. Known as the Washington Privacy Act, the bill’s sponsor, Sen. Reuven Carlyle,...more

California’s privacy law went into effect Jan. 1; have you spoken to IT yet?

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics... on 1/13/2020

Report on Supply Chain Compliance 3, no. 1 (January 9, 2020) - California’s new data privacy law went into effect Jan. 1, 2020, but the date is largely symbolic. Companies should already have a data management plan in...more

A Sale, or Not a Sale? The Digital Advertising Debate

McDermott Will & Emery on 1/9/2020

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) requires businesses who engage in “sales” of “personal information,” to offer consumers the right to opt out of such sales via a “Do Not Sell My Personal Information” link or button...more

What concerns do website owners have with the IAB’s final CCPA Do Not Sell Framework?

BCLP on 12/27/2019

The Interactive Advertising Bureau (“IAB”) is a trade association comprised of companies that participate in digital marketing. Its members include both media companies and advertising technology (“adTech”) companies. In...more

If a company acquires another company, can it transfer the target’s data to its new affiliates for their marketing purpose?

BCLP on 12/18/2019

Federal and state privacy laws do not expressly prohibit most acquirers (e.g., acquirers of a retail brand) from internally transferring the target’s data for use by affiliated companies. That said, in 2000 the Federal Trade...more

Is your company covered by California’s new privacy law?

Farella Braun + Martel LLP on 11/25/2019

On Jan. 1, 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), a consumer-friendly privacy law inspired by the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, will take effect. Originally published in the North Bay...more

California Attorney General Releases Draft Regulations on the California Consumer Privacy Act: New Requirements Have Potentially...

Holland & Knight LLP on 10/31/2019

The California Attorney General Xavier Becerra on Oct. 10, 2019, released the proposed text for the California Consumer Privacy Act Regulations (Regulations). The Regulations are intended to guide businesses on CCPA...more

CCPA Privacy FAQs: Is a business required to post a “do not sell” link if it offers a loyalty program?

BCLP on 10/16/2019

Not necessarily. California has two statutes that apply to the sale of information – The California Shine the Light Law and the California Consumer Protection Act. The California Shine the Light Law applies to companies...more

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