California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Personally Identifiable Information, Enforcement Actions

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

California AG Continues Privacy Enforcement: Tilting Point Media Settles for Alleged COPPA and CCPA Violations

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP on 6/28/2024

In an ongoing effort to enforce the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), the California Attorney General's Office (CAG) announced a recent settlement against Tilting...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 Privacy Protection Agency Issues First-Ever Enforcement Advisory

WilmerHale on 4/11/2024

On April 2, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA or “the Agency”) issued the Agency’s first-ever enforcement advisory. The advisory (“Applying Data Minimization to Consumer Requests”) reaffirms data minimization as...more

California Employers Beware: Your 5-Step Plan as Attorney General Announces CCPA Investigative Sweep

Fisher Phillips on 7/20/2023

California employers, beware: the state’s top prosecutor just announced his office is conducting an investigative sweep of whether and how large California employers have complied with data privacy and consumer protection...more

Sephora Ordered to “Make-Up” for CCPA Violations

Alston & Bird on 9/9/2022

On August 24, 2022, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a $1.2 million dollar settlement with Sephora to account for alleged violations of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). This is the first CCPA...more

California Attorney General Announces First CCPA Settlement Against Sephora

K&L Gates LLP on 9/8/2022

On 24 August 2022, the California Attorney General announced a US$1.2 million settlement including injunctive relief terms with cosmetic giant Sephora, Inc. (Sephora), resolving allegations that the company violated the...more

Recent CCPA Enforcement Actions Highlight the Importance of a CCPA-Compliant Privacy Policy

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 12/24/2021

This is the time of year for thought pieces reflecting on the past year or so to speculate on the hot topics for next year. I began to wonder about California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) enforcement actions over the past year...more

[Webinar] US Privacy Laws for German Businesses - June 30th, 3:30 pm CET

Spirit Legal on 4/28/2021

First we take Sacramento, then we take Berlin: How do US data protection laws affect how you do business. The webinar is aimed at in-house or outside counsel, as well as data protection and compliance officers. In this...more

“Data Knows No Borders”: Virginia’s Privacy Law Won’t Give Businesses Relief From The CCPA, But Consumers Nationwide Get...

Goodwin on 3/9/2021

On March 2, 2021, Virginia enacted the Consumer Data Protection Act (“VCDPA”). The VCDPA will become effective January 1, 2023. The VCDPA shares its roots with the California Consumer Protection Act (“CCPA”) and the recently...more

[Webinar] What the Heck is Happening in California? An Update on California’s Privacy Law Landscape - February 9th, 3:00 pm - 4:00...

Carlton Fields on 1/29/2021

With the effective enforcement date of the CCPA in January 1, 2020; a new privacy law, the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), passed by California voters in November 2020; and a new Attorney General on the horizon,...more

[Webinar] CCPA / CPRA for US and EU businesses: Deep dive on CCPA's impact on European Businesses: A webinar for German and...

Spirit Legal on 12/1/2020

CCPA / CPRA for US and EU businesses - Deep dive on CCPA's impact on European Businesses: A webinar for German and European businesses. Main Topics - Is my business affected by CCPA and why? - I am already GDPR...more

CCPA 2.0 Passes: The California Privacy Rights Act To Become Law

Goodwin on 11/12/2020

On November 3, 2020, California voters convincingly approved the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”) ballot initiative. The CPRA builds upon and amends the California Consumer Protection Act (“CCPA”), aligning it more with...more

Update on Global Data Privacy Regulations by John Jackson

Jackson Walker on 8/26/2020

Cybersecurity and data privacy regulations were complicated well before the global pandemic. Since COVID-19 swept the world, Brazil has delayed enacting its new general data protection law, California's CCPA has gone through...more

[Webinar] The California Consumer Privacy Act: Are You Ready? - August 25th, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT

Carlton Fields on 8/11/2020

Join in-house counsel, chief privacy and information officers, and C-suite leaders for an in-depth program featuring Carlton Fields' Cybersecurity and Privacy attorneys. For companies subject to the CCPA, the law ushered...more

[Webinar] The California Consumer Privacy Act: Getting Up to Speed with the Looming Enforcement Deadline - May 21st, 3:00 pm -...

Carlton Fields on 5/14/2020

Join in-house counsel, chief privacy and information officers, and C-suite leaders for in-depth program featuring Carlton Fields’ Cybersecurity and Privacy attorneys. For companies subject to the CCPA, the law ushered in...more

Despite pandemic, CCPA enforcement deadline looms while businesses still wait for final regs

McAfee & Taft on 3/30/2020

As previously discussed in an article titled “Privacy Gone Public: How growing push for privacy laws may affect U.S. businesses,” California implemented a new consumer protection law known as the California Consumer Privacy...more

Cybersecurity 2020 — The Year in Preview: Top 3 State AG Trends to Watch in 2020

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 1/13/2020

Editors’ Note: This is the fifth in our fourth-annual end-of-year series examining important trends in data privacy and cybersecurity in the coming year. Our previous entry discussed the CCPA, energy, Brexit, and health...more

Preparing for CCPA Enforcement by the California Attorney General - Morgan Lewis Practical Advice on Privacy: Guide to the CCPA

Morgan Lewis on 1/7/2020

The landmark California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which took effect on January 1, 2020, is the first privacy act of its kind in the United States and significantly alters the privacy and cybersecurity enforcement...more

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