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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

California AG and Los Angeles City Attorney Announce CCPA/COPPA Enforcement Action Against Mobile App Game Maker

WilmerHale on 6/28/2024

On June 18, the California Attorney General (“AG”) and Los Angeles City Attorney announced a settlement with Tilting Point Media, the maker of a mobile app game called “SpongeBob: Krusty Cook-Off,” resolving allegations that...more

More Privacy, Please – November/December 2023

Troutman Pepper Locke on 2/7/2024

In recent regulatory and enforcement developments, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) proposed a regulatory framework for automated decision-making technology (ADMT) and revisions to the California Consumer...more

More Privacy, Please - September/October 2023

Troutman Pepper Locke on 11/28/2023

Editor’s Note: The FTC continues to crack down on privacy and cybersecurity, including issuing a new warning to tax preparation companies and entering into a consent decree with 1Health.io. VPPA and BIPA litigation continues...more

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

Kilpatrick on 9/1/2022

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

California AG Issues CCPA Notices to Businesses Operating Loyalty Programs

Troutman Pepper Locke on 2/8/2022

On January 28, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced that his office was beginning an “investigative sweep” of businesses operating consumer loyalty programs in California. The California AG’s press release stated...more

2021 NAAG 2021 Eastern Region Meeting on the Surveillance Economy

Troutman Pepper Locke on 10/28/2021

The speakers at this conference discussed how regulators and law enforcement could help protect privacy and safety — while preventing discrimination — in an ever-increasing digital world. They addressed important, current...more

Colorado Privacy Act Introduced

Husch Blackwell LLP on 3/22/2021

Keypoint: The Colorado bill mirrors the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act and Washington Privacy Act but contains some notable differences. On March 19, 2021, Colorado lawmakers introduced the Colorado Privacy Act...more

Oklahoma House Passes Computer Data Privacy Act

Husch Blackwell LLP on 3/5/2021

Keypoint: Although weakened from its original version, the Oklahoma bill would (if enacted) provide substantial privacy rights to Oklahoma residents and, in some respects, provide more privacy protections than found in the...more

Silver Medal in Consumer Privacy Race Goes to … Virginia?

Holland & Knight LLP on 2/5/2021

Virginia seemingly came out of nowhere on the consumer privacy front and now appears to be just days away from becoming the second state in the nation, behind California, to pass comprehensive consumer privacy legislation....more

Privacy During Bankruptcy Proceedings: Why It Matters

Farella Braun + Martel LLP on 11/6/2020

During these particularly trying times resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses of all sizes have been concerned about the future. As a result, considering potential liquidation or restructuring through bankruptcy is...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - October 2020

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 11/3/2020

In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine the U.S. Treasury's advisories regarding the role of financial intermediaries in ransomware payments, a ruling by the Israeli data protection authority...more

The CPRA Will Bring New Rights, Responsibilities and Regulators to California Data Privacy Law

Womble Bond Dickinson on 10/8/2020

In less than a month, Californians will vote on a consumer privacy ballot initiative, the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”). The California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) went into effect on January 2, 2020, and state...more

The California Attorney General's Settlement with Glow: A Wake-Up Call for Consumer Health App Developers

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP on 9/30/2020

Consumer-directed health apps are experiencing a boom thanks to COVID-19, as consumers seeking to avoid doctors’ office waiting rooms are increasingly relying on apps to measure and maintain their health. That trend is...more

No rest for the weary: cybersecurity and privacy enforcement actions heat up

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 8/28/2020

Hopes that privacy regulators and litigants would grant a reprieve to businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic may prove ill-founded. On July 21, 2020, the New York Department of Financial Services announced its first...more

BREAKING NEWS – California AG Becerra Seeks Expedited Review of CCPA Regulations

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 6/4/2020

The California AG’s office has dropped the long-awaited final CCPA Regulations, and requested expedited review from the Office of Administrative Law. If this request is granted, the regulations will be effective by July 1. ...more

What We Can Expect from the CCPA Regulations

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 4/19/2020

While the United States largely hit the brakes as of March in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra made clear his intentions to begin enforcement of the Act on July 1, 2020, as...more

CA AG Issues Further Modified CCPA Regs: Third Time’s The Charm Or Three Strikes?

Goodwin on 3/19/2020

On March 11, 2020, the California Attorney General (AG) issued a second set of modified proposed regulations (2nd Modified Regulations) implementing the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The 2nd Modified Regulations...more

We're Getting Closer: AG Releases New Modified CCPA Draft Regulations

Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass on 3/13/2020

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra wasted no time in issuing new modified draft regulations for the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), announcing new draft regulations on March 11, 2020 – just two weeks after...more

California Attorney General’s Second Set of Modified CCPA Regulations: Undoing, Redoing, Clarifying

McGuireWoods LLP on 3/13/2020

Here we go again. On March 11, 2020, the California Attorney General (AG) published a second set of modifications to its Regulations under the California Consumer Privacy Act. Unlike the AG’s modifications from just last...more

Sweeping New California Data Privacy Law Takes Effect

Saul Ewing LLP on 3/4/2020

On January 1, 2020, the landmark California Consumer Protection Act ("CCPA") took effect. The CCPA imposes specific rules regarding how certain for-profit companies doing business in California collect, store, and use...more

CCPA Revised Regulations

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 2/20/2020

California Attorney General (AG) Xavier Becerra released revised draft regulations for the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) late last week. The AG will accept comments on the revisions until February 25, 2020. The...more

California AG issues modifications to proposed CCPA Regulations

Ballard Spahr LLP on 2/14/2020

On February 7, 2020, the California Attorney General’s (AG) Office released modifications to the proposed regulations to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The modifications incorporate amendments to the CCPA signed...more

Not There Yet — California AG Publishes Modified Proposed CCPA Regulations

Goodwin on 2/13/2020

On February 7, 2020, the California Attorney General (AG) published, and updated on February 10, modified proposed regulations (Modified Regulations) implementing the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The Modified...more

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