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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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States Continue Privacy Law Enforcement Efforts

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Recent enforcement activities in California and Connecticut highlight that states are ready and willing to actively enforce their comprehensive privacy laws. These recent actions – which continue the trend of states ramping...more

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What the Latest CCPA Settlement Means for Your Compliance Strategy

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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

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California AG Secures Landmark Privacy Settlement Over Tracking: What It Means for Your Website

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In a record-setting enforcement action under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the California Attorney General (AG) announced a $1.55 million settlement with Healthline Media, a popular online publisher of health...more

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

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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

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

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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

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State Privacy Enforcement Ramp-Up Continues with New Actions in California and Texas

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State enforcement agencies are keeping the pressure on businesses, with two new enforcement actions announced this week in California and Texas. This activity signals to companies – both within and outside of the United...more

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Ten Days Until the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act Goes Live & AG’s Office Signals “Aggressive Enforcement”

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With the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (TDPSA) on the verge of taking effect on July 1, 2024, the State’s Attorney General, Ken Paxton, recently launched an initiative for “aggressive enforcement of Texas privacy laws.”...more

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California Attorney General Announces Third Public CCPA Enforcement Settlement

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Keypoint: The settlement, which includes a $500,000 fine and injunctive relief, arises out of alleged violations of the CCPA’s children’s privacy provisions and COPPA. On June 18, 2024, the California Attorney General...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

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California Attorney General Announces Second Public CCPA Enforcement Settlement

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Keypoint: In only its second public enforcement settlement, the California Attorney General announced a $375,000 fine along with injunctive relief. On February 21, 2024, the California Attorney General announced that it had...more

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California Attorney General Announces New CCPA Investigative Sweep of Employers

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Keypoint: The Attorney General’s investigatory sweep focuses on how large California employers are handling the expiration of the CCPA’s employee data exemption. On July 14, 2023, the California Attorney General announced a...more

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Your Business’s Mobile App Could Be Subject to California Attorney General Investigation

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The California Attorney General just announced an investigative sweep of mobile apps that allegedly fail to meet the requirements of state data privacy law, meaning businesses that conduct business through apps need to...more

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Colorado Attorney General’s Office Issues Draft Colorado Privacy Act Regulations

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On September 30, 2022, the Colorado Attorney General’s Office (the AG’s Office) released draft regulations to the Colorado Privacy Act (the CPA). Before these proposed regulations take effect, however, there will be a lengthy...more

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“The Kid Gloves are Coming Off”: Honor Global Privacy Control Signals Before the CCPA Notice and Cure Period Expires in 2023

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On August 24, 2022, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a settlement with Sephora, one of the largest cosmetic retailers in the world, to resolve allegations that the company illegally sold consumer data and...more

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CCPA Financial Penalties: Four Takeaways from the California AG’s $1.2 Million Enforcement Action that Should Inform Your...

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We warned you last summer that California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) enforcement was heating up! The California Attorney General (“CAG”) announced a settlement with cosmetics retailer, Sephora. That, among other penalties,...more

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California Announces Increased Scrutiny on CCPA Violations with Latest $1.2 Million Enforcement Action Settlement

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California’s Attorney General Rob Bonta has made clear that California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) enforcement is going to be a priority for the AG’s office. On Friday, the California AG’s office announced a $1.2 million...more

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First California AG Enforcement Action Under CCPA – And It’s a Big One

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California Attorney General Rob Bonta has announced a major settlement under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and it will cost Sephora, Inc. a whopping $1.2 million in penalties. According to the release from...more

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California Attorney General Announces First Public CCPA Enforcement Action

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Keypoint: The Attorney General’s announcement of a $1.2 million penalty sends a “strong message” to companies to come into compliance. On August 24, 2022, California Attorney General Bonta announced the first public...more

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Navigating the Financial Incentive Requirement of the California Consumer Privacy Act

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Since its enactment at the beginning of 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) has garnered a significant amount of attention. The watershed legislation, which is intended to strengthen privacy rights in the state...more

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California Privacy Enforcement Moves Forward With Rulemaking on Horizon

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Big changes are underway in California privacy, with a brand new privacy agency, forthcoming new privacy rules due by July, and a new comprehensive privacy framework going into effect in January 2023. As businesses subject to...more

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Worth the Wait? Key Takeaways from California Attorney General CCPA Enforcement Case Summaries

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Before the CCPA became enforceable on July 1, 2020, much ink was spilled (or many keys were hit) about the California Office of the Attorney General’s (“OAG”) ability to obtain civil penalties for CCPA violations. After that...more

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California Attorney General Focuses on Targeted Advertising and Disclosures in CCPA Enforcement

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The Office of the Attorney General of California began enforcing the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA") more than a year ago and recently released a set of enforcement case examples it has pursued against businesses....more

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CCPA Update: Analysis And Key Takeaways From AG’s Example Enforcement Cases

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Keypoint: A detailed analysis of the Attorney General’s twenty-seven published examples of noncompliance notices sent during the first year of CCPA enforcement reveals key learnings for CCPA compliance efforts. In July,...more

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California AG Releases Important CCPA Enforcement Information and Announces an Online Consumer Reporting Tool

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To note the one year anniversary of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) enforcement date, California Attorney General Rob Banta held a press conference on July 19, 2021 to share key information about enforcement...more

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CCPA Update: California AG Releases List of Enforcement Actions 

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The California Office of the Attorney General has published a list of recent CCPA enforcement examples on its website. Each example summarizes the AG’s allegation of noncompliance and the steps that the companies took to...more

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