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CPPA Enforcement Actions: Key Lessons from Honda, Todd Snyder, and Healthline

The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) is now in its second year with full enforcement powers and has begun to exercise its authority under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in significant ways in 2025. With...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

California Jumps Into Privacy Rulemaking (Again)

The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) is starting formal rulemaking (again) as they move beyond the pre-rulemaking drafts that were debated for a little over a year. During their November 8, 2024, board meeting, the...more

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CPPA Advances New Privacy Rules for Businesses

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The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA), at its board meeting on November 8, 2024, voted 4–1 to advance proposed regulations to a formal rulemaking. As currently drafted, these regulations would, among other things...more

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Breaking New Ground: Understanding California’s Draft AI, Privacy, and Cybersecurity Regulations

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In advance of its September 8, 2023 board meeting, the California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”), the state’s privacy regulatory body, has unveiled draft regulations that could significantly impact cybersecurity...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Seven States Have Upcoming Privacy Laws

State privacy laws are changing rapidly in the U.S. Here are summaries of seven new state laws that have been enacted and go into effect in the next few years. We anticipate that more state legislatures will continue to enact...more

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British Columbia Appeal Court Finds Employer Vicariously Liable for Employee’s Willful Violation of Customers’ Privacy

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In Insurance Corporation of British Columbia v. Ari, 2023 BCCA 331, the British Columbia Court of Appeal (BCCA) confirmed that an employer may be found vicariously liable when its employee violates of s. 1 of the province’s...more

Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass

Spring / Summer 2023 Privacy Law Report - A Comprehensive Look at New Developments in Data Privacy Laws

Introduction It has been a busy start to 2023 on the data privacy front: from new privacy laws being passed in several states and going into effect in others, to increases in privacy litigation and data breaches....more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

Same Old, Not Quite Same Old: Montana and Tennessee Adopt Comprehensive Privacy Laws, with a Unique Twist in Tennessee

The comprehensive state privacy law trend (and the related trend of enhanced job security for privacy professionals) shows no sign of slowing. Last month the Montana legislature passed the Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act...more

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Summary and Comparison of U.S. Data Privacy Laws Since California's CCPA and CPRA

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California started the process of individual U.S. states enacting individual privacy laws with its California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), which currently is in effect, as supplemented and amended by the California Consumer...more

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California Privacy Protection Agency to Start Formal CPRA Rulemaking Process

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On June 8, 2022, the California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA” or “Agency”) voted to begin the formal rulemaking process for regulations implementing the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). The Agency Board discussed and...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Virginia Amends New Privacy Law

Governor Glenn Youngkin of Virginia recently approved legislation to amend the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA). In a time when data privacy bills creep through state legislatures only to die in committee,...more

Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth

Navigating the Financial Incentive Requirement of the California Consumer Privacy Act

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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Kennedys cybersecurity and privacy (US) 2021 year in review

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As the world emerged from lockdown, it should come as no surprise that cybersecurity and data privacy remained dominant topics in the media and legal industry. Some of 2021 was much like 2020 – ransomware attacks continued to...more

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Recent developments in African data protection laws – Outlook for 2022

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Over the past ten years, African countries have steadily passed laws and adopted regulations on cybersecurity, cybercrime, electronic transactions and data protection. To date, 33 countries have data protection laws and/or...more

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China’s Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) Takes Effect on November 1, 2021

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China’s Personal Information Protection Law, adopted August 20, 2021, becomes effective on November 1. The PIPL establishes a comprehensive data protection structure for the collection, use, and disclosure of the personal...more

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California Privacy Rights Act for Employers: The Rights to Opt Out of Sales and Sharing, Restrict Sensitive Personal Information,...

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This is the second in a series of articles about the implications of the California Privacy Rights Act for employers. - The California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”), which goes into effect on January 1, 2023, grants six new...more

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Florida Businesses Dodge a Data Privacy Bullet - for Now

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Well, it’s over, with a whimper. After months of will-they-or-won’t-they, the Florida legislature went with “won’t” on enacting Florida House Bill 969, the “Florida Privacy Protection Act.” ...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

How To Confirm Your Privacy Program Complies With California and Virginia Privacy Obligations

Consistent with a growing national trend, Virginia joined California in recently passing consumer privacy legislation with broad national reach. Both the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act ...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Status Of Proposed CCPA-Like State Privacy Legislation As Of March 15, 2021

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Keypoint: There were four notable developments this week: the Florida House passed a bill out of committee, lawmakers proposed a new bill in Texas, the Washington Privacy Act was scheduled for a public hearing and committee...more

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The Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act: Top 7 Things to Know Right Now

The Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA) became law earlier this week when the state’s governor signed a bill recently adopted by the state’s legislature, making Virginia the second state in the nation with a...more

Alston & Bird

New Virginia Privacy Law Promises Big Impacts

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Virginia became the second state after California to pass a comprehensive privacy law when the governor signed the Consumer Data Protection Act, which contains many elements found in the California Consumer Privacy Act and...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

"Dark Patterns" Make Their Appearance in California's New Privacy Law

Last fall, California voters approved Proposition 24, thereby enacting the California Consumer Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). As DWT noted the day after the election, "CPRA amends the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Sensitive Personal Information – What Is It and What Does It Mean for California Privacy Rights Act Compliance?

The California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) expands the definition of personal information as it currently exists in the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The CPRA adds “sensitive personal information” as a defined term,...more

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How California's New(er) Privacy Legislation Will Affect U.S. Businesses

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While most of us have been understandably focused on the presidential election, the State of California has passed significant new privacy legislation that may have a substantive impact on your business. Specifically,...more

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5 Takeaways from California's 'Final' CCPA Regulations

Last month—more than two years after the California Consumer Rights Act was signed into law by Governor Gerald Brown, Jr.—California’s Office of the Attorney General has published the final regulations implementing the CCPA. ...more

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