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Connecticut AG Settles Claims Over Deficient Privacy Notice: 6 Key Lessons for Businesses that Collect and Use Consumer Data

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While website privacy notices are now commonplace – and consumers might only skim them – a recent settlement highlights the importance of staying vigilant about complying with applicable consumer privacy laws. The Connecticut...more

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U.S. State Privacy Regulators Create Consortium as Enforcement Trends Emerge

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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

Troutman Pepper Locke

State AGs and the FTC Warn of 23andMe Risks Following Bankruptcy Announcement

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Several state attorneys general (AGs) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have begun scrutinizing ancestry tracking company 23andMe following its recent announcement that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. As part of...more

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Arkansas Attorney General Sues General Motors Over Alleged Deceptive Data Practices

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On February 26, 2025, Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin filed a lawsuit against General Motors and its subsidiary OnStar (collectively, "GM"), alleging deceptive business practices related to the collection and sale of...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

2024 State AGs Year in Review

In 2024, state attorneys general (State AGs) focused on a broad variety of areas and industries including, in particular, emerging industries such as artificial intelligence (AI) and privacy and social media protections....more

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A Landmark Lawsuit in Data Privacy: Texas v. Allstate

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In a groundbreaking enforcement action, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Allstate Corporation and its subsidiary Arity, alleging systematic violations of the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act...more

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The Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act: Minnesota Becomes the 18th State to Enact a Comprehensive Consumer Privacy Law

On May 24, 2024, Governor Walz signed into law the Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act (MNCDPA). This landmark law is the first set of comprehensive consumer privacy standards specific to Minnesota residents. The law will...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

More Privacy, Please – November/December 2023

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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

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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

Troutman Pepper Locke

2021 NAAG 2021 Eastern Region Meeting on the Surveillance Economy

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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

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Colorado Privacy Act Introduced

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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

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Oklahoma House Passes Computer Data Privacy Act

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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

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Privacy During Bankruptcy Proceedings: Why It Matters

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

Womble Bond Dickinson

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

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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

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

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

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

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

New Privacy Division Created by Massachusetts Attorney General

Massachusetts Attorney General (AG) Maura Healey announced the creation of a Data Privacy and Security Division, focusing on protecting consumers from privacy and security breaches and threats. AG Healey named Sara Cable as...more

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

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

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What We Can Expect from the CCPA Regulations

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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

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

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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

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

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

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

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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

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Sweeping New California Data Privacy Law Takes Effect

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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

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

CCPA Revised Regulations

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

Ballard Spahr LLP

California AG issues modifications to proposed CCPA Regulations

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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

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Not There Yet — California AG Publishes Modified Proposed CCPA Regulations

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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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