California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), State Attorneys General, State Privacy Laws

State Privacy Enforcement Accelerates, With California Targeting Substantive Compliance and Connecticut Bringing Its First Action

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 7/22/2025

As federal privacy enforcement shows signs of slowing, states are aggressively stepping in to fill the void. On July 1, 2025, the California attorney general (AG) announced a $1.55 million settlement with Healthline Media,...more

CCPA Health Check: Key Compliance Lessons from the Healthline Settlement

Venable LLP on 7/18/2025

Over a year after his office’s last privacy enforcement action, on July 1, 2025, California Attorney General Rob Bonta (AG) announced a new California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) settlement with Healthline Media LLC...more

States Continue Privacy Law Enforcement Efforts

Wiley Rein LLP on 7/17/2025

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

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

State Watch: Consumer Protection Enforcement Update - June 2025: Hot AG Summer kicks off with California's largest-ever CCPA...

Hudson Cook, LLP on 7/9/2025

California Attorney General Bonta entered into the state's largest California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA") settlement to date with a website publisher for $1.55 million....more

California attorney general’s $1.55 million Healthline CCPA settlement continues cookie focus and signals increasing enforcement

McDermott Will & Emery on 7/9/2025

The California attorney general’s (AG) July 1, 2025, proposed settlement with Healthline Media LLC (Healthline) marks the third cookie-related California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) settlement in as many months (alongside the...more

U.S. States Unite to Strengthen Privacy Enforcement

Baker Botts L.L.P. on 6/2/2025

On April 16, 2025, a coalition of state attorneys general and privacy regulators from California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, New Jersey, Oregon, and the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) announced the...more

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

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

Wiley Rein LLP on 5/9/2025

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

States form Consortium of Privacy Regulators to cooperate on enforcement

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 4/28/2025

On April 16, attorneys general from seven states and a state agency announced that they were forming the Consortium of Privacy Regulators, a new effort to better protect consumers’ privacy. The Consortium consists of the...more

5 Key Privacy Enforcement Insights Shared by State Regulators at IAPP’s #GPS25

Wiley Rein LLP on 4/25/2025

IAPP’s Global Privacy Summit in DC this week has featured panels with several state regulators charged with enforcing their state’s privacy laws, including regulators from California, Colorado, Connecticut, and Oregon. The...more

State Privacy Regulators Announce Formation of Privacy ‘Supergroup’

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 4/21/2025

The concept of the “supergroup” may have originated with rock and roll, but on April 16, 2025, privacy practitioners in the United States learned that a whole new type of supergroup has been formed. ...more

State AGs Step Up Privacy Enforcement

Hudson Cook, LLP on 4/2/2025

With attention on Democratic Attorneys General vowing to fill the void left by weakened federal regulators, and perhaps a more partisan divide on enforcement generally, a bipartisan consensus is quietly emerging in the states...more

March Privacy Forecast: U.S. State and Federal Enforcement Trends

Wiley Rein LLP on 3/31/2025

This week in our March Privacy Forecast, we discuss privacy and data security enforcement trends at the state and federal levels. Particularly as state privacy laws continue to expand and evolve, companies should understand...more

California’s Most Recent Privacy Developments: Location Data Investigative Sweep and a Continued Focus on Car Companies

WilmerHale on 3/27/2025

In a press release on March 10, 2025, California Attorney General (“California AG”) Rob Bonta announced an investigative sweep focusing on California Consumer Protection Act (“CCPA”) compliance within the location data...more

Location, Location, Location: California Attorney General Investigative Sweep and State Law Proposal Target Location Data

Clark Hill PLC on 3/17/2025

On March 10, the California attorney general’s office announced an “ongoing investigative sweep into the location data industry” (“investigative sweep”) for compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act’s (“CCPA”)...more

Location Data Practices Targeted by California Lawmakers and Regulators

Baker Donelson on 3/17/2025

In late February, California lawmakers introduced new legislation that would impose sweeping restrictions on the use of location and tracking data. Known as the California Location Data Act (CLDA), this legislation goes a...more

California attorney general investigates location data industry

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 3/17/2025

On March 10, California Attorney General (AG) Rob Bonta launched an investigation into the location data industry, issuing letters to companies that the AG alleged “appear to be in violation of the California Consumer Privacy...more

California Attorney General Targets Location Data in New Investigative Sweep

Alston & Bird on 3/13/2025

This week California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a new investigative sweep under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). We have anticipated this sweep for some time based on the focus and the direction of a...more

California Proposes CCPA Update on Location Data Rules

Ballard Spahr LLP on 3/13/2025

On February 21, 2025, representatives in the California legislature introduced California Assembly Bill 1355, also known as the California Location Privacy Act (“AB 1355”). AB 1355 seeks to amend the California Consumer...more

California Attorney General Targets Location Data Industry

Williams Mullen on 3/12/2025

On March 10, 2025, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced an investigative sweep targeting the location data industry for potential non-compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”)....more

Get to Know the Global Privacy Control (GPC): State Attorneys General Remind Consumers of Their Right to Opt-Out of the Sale or...

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP on 2/21/2025

Introduction - Most businesses are aware of historical restrictions or limitations on selling personal information to third parties for monetary consideration....more

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