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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 -
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Year in Review: 2024 CCPA Litigation Trends

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While the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is most known for its extensive privacy compliance obligations, the law also provides for a limited private right of action for certain security-related breaches....more

Wiley Rein LLP

10 Things to Know About the APRA – the Latest Federal Privacy Law Effort

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Over the weekend, lawmakers unveiled the latest push for a federal privacy law – the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA). The bill was circulated as a discussion draft by Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Chair of the Senate...more

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Year in Review: CCPA Litigation Trends from 2023

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This post is part of a series of articles we are doing on 2023 data protection litigation trends. While the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is most known for its onerous privacy compliance obligations, the law also...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Florida Governor Signs Data Privacy Law Focused on Children, Search Engines and Billion Dollar Businesses

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Florida has joined the growing list of states enacting comprehensive privacy laws. Governor Ron DeSantis (R) signed the Florida Digital Bill of Rights (“FDBR”) into law on June 6th. How does it compare?...more

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Mintz May Madness: Tennessee’s Information Protection Act Gets Us Thinking About NIST(y) Safe Harbors

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The Volunteer State became the eighth state to enact a comprehensive data privacy law after Gov. Bill Lee (R) signed the Tennessee Information Protection Act (“TIPA”) into law yesterday, May 11. Tennessee joins a growing...more

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New Comprehensive US State Privacy Laws Are Coming – Is Your Company Ready?

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Over the last two years, many states have taken cues from California and the EU by adopting sweeping privacy laws. These laws, passed in Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut and Utah, as well as updates to the already enacted...more

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Landmark Federal Privacy Bill Clears First Congressional Hurdle

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American Data Privacy and Protection Act would require organizations to limit collection of personal information, grant consumers access to their own data, enhance data protections for children, mandate implementation of...more

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Understanding the American Data Privacy and Protection Act

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On Friday, June 3, Representative Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Chairman of the House Energy & Commerce Committee, Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), the committee’s Ranking Member, and Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS), Ranking...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Is New York Next? A Comprehensive Consumer Privacy Bill Reintroduced

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On May 13th, New York State Senator Kevin Thomas, Chair of NY’s Consumer Protection Committee, reintroduced the New York Privacy Act (“NYPA”), a comprehensive consumer privacy law similar in kind to the California Consumer...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Status Of Proposed CCPA-Like State Privacy Legislation As Of May 3, 2021

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Keypoint: This week Florida came close to passing a bill before it died on the final day of the legislative session; committees in Colorado and Alaska scheduled hearings on their bills for May 5; and the Connecticut bill was...more

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New York Considering Dramatic Expansion Of Consumer Privacy Rights

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In 2018, the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), which provides for an expansive array of privacy rights and obligations, was enacted. At the time, it was reasonable to wonder whether California’s bold example would...more

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Virginia’s Consumer Data Protection Act and the Coming Wave of CCPA-like State Privacy Laws

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Virginia is the first in 2021 to codify a new data privacy law. The newly signed Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA) has parallels to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) and the California Privacy...more

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The Ongoing March toward Privacy Law in the US – A State Legislative Roundup

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While we continue to await comprehensive US federal privacy legislation, and following California’s lead with its California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), individual states are stepping up to the plate. Based on what...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

CCPA Litigation Round-Up: Q3 & Q4 2020

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It has been a full year since the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) took effect at the top of 2020. In the cases filed in the second half of the year, the complaints more frequently assert a violation of the CCPA as a...more

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

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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

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California’s new privacy law, the CPRA, was approved: Now what?

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On November 3, 2020, California voters passed Proposition 24, the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), by approximately 56-44%. This act will amend and supersede the still recent California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), once...more

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Is New York’s New Consumer Privacy Bill a Bridge Too Far?

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Navigating the ever changing waters of consumer privacy could become much more challenging if the “It’s Your Data Act” (IYDA) is passed in New York. Some provisions of the proposed law may apply to any person or business,...more

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Proposition 24: California’s Ever-Evolving Privacy Landscape

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Next Tuesday is election day, and this year, California voters are deciding whether to support another statewide privacy initiative – the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) (Proposition 24). This measure would expand on...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Can Companies Be Liable If Third-Party Contractors Suffer Data Breaches?

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The California Consumer Privacy Act became effective on Jan. 1. Included among its provisions is the grant of a private right of action on behalf of any consumer “whose nonencrypted and nonredacted personal information…is...more

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The Minted Complaint: Another Case Brought Under the CCPA’s Private Right of Action

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Well before the California Attorney General’s power to enforce the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) commenced on July 1, 2020, as we have recently reported, private plaintiffs had already jumped into the fray, suing...more

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Key Issues We’re Tracking as CCPA Enforcement Nears

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Although 2020 has already provided more than its share of surprises for businesses, one thing appears to remain unchanged: the California attorney general’s commitment to enforcing the California Consumer Privacy Act...more

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Five Things to Do Now to Prepare for the CCPA Enforcement Deadline on July 1, 2020

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As you likely know, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) went into effect on January 1, 2020. The CCPA is revolutionary legislation relating to California consumers’ rights in their Personal Information (as...more

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Importance of CCPA Compliance Highlighted by First Round of Private Actions

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The first wave of California Consumer Privacy Act litigation has begun to roll in, and the complaints are already raising interesting questions about the scope of CCPA’s private right of action. The actions assert a variety...more

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A CCPA Private Right of Action on the Horizon: Class Action Complaints Test Whether Plaintiffs Can Sue for Any Violation of the...

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Plaintiffs’ counsel have started to lay the groundwork for a broad private right of action under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The first part of this article provides an overview of how the CCPA addresses...more

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The First Wave of CCPA Class Action Litigation

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California’s all-inclusive privacy law, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which took effect on January 1, 2020, has already been cited in numerous lawsuits. Over this next year, employers are likely to see lawsuits...more

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