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How Long Do I Have to Respond to a DSAR?

Osano on 9/11/2025

Famously, construction on the Sydney Opera House finished ten years after its original deadline, ballooning its cost from $7 million to $102 million....more

The Privacy Boot Scoot: Texas Adopts Comprehensive Data Privacy Legislation

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 6/1/2023

Texas will soon join the growing list of states that have passed comprehensive data privacy legislation. House Bill 4, the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (“TDPSA” or the “Act”), has a broad reach and will apply to all...more

2021 Data Privacy Overview: New Regulations and Guidance

Lighthouse on 1/12/2022

While everyone hoped that 2021 would be less tumultuous than 2020, it certainly did not turn out that way in the end. The same was true in the world of data privacy – with sweeping new data protection regulations and guidance...more

U.S. Privacy 2022: Compare, Contrast, and Integrate New State Laws

Lowenstein Sandler LLP on 12/10/2021

U.S. state legislatures accelerated efforts in 2021 to fill the gap created by the absence of national data privacy legislation. California, Virginia, and Colorado passed or amended data protection laws, and the trend is...more

Another Data Privacy Law? Colorado Enacts the Colorado Privacy Act

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 7/22/2021

Colorado became the third state to enact comprehensive data privacy legislation when Gov. Jared Polis signed the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) on July 8, 2021. The CPA shares similarities with its stateside predecessors, the...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - March 2021

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 4/2/2021

In this month’s edition, we examine California’s new regulations enhancing opt-out rights in the California Consumer Privacy Act and the state's selections for the California Privacy Protection Agency’s inaugural board. We...more

Virginia Becomes the Second State—and the First on the Eastern Seaboard—to Adopt a Comprehensive Data Protection Law

Brooks Pierce on 3/31/2021

In March of 2021, Virginia became the second state to adopt a comprehensive data protection law. The Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA), which goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2023, borrows many concepts from the...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

Virginia Passes Comprehensive Data Privacy Law

Moore & Van Allen PLLC on 3/11/2021

With incredible speed, Virginia became the second state in the United States with a comprehensive data privacy law. Virginia’s law is called the Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA). The CDPA is effective January 1, 2023,...more

California Strikes Back…For Data Privacy!

McCarter & English, LLP on 12/11/2020

Well, California is at it again. Less than one year after the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) took effect, the people of California voted to approve Proposition 24 (aka the California Privacy Rights Act, the “CPRA”)...more

[Webinar] CCPA / CPRA for US and EU businesses: Deep dive on CCPA's impact on European Businesses: A webinar for German and...

Spirit Legal on 12/1/2020

CCPA / CPRA for US and EU businesses - Deep dive on CCPA's impact on European Businesses: A webinar for German and European businesses. Main Topics - Is my business affected by CCPA and why? - I am already GDPR...more

Privacy and Data Security Alert l March 2020

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 3/10/2020

Shook Weighs in on Updated CCPA Regulations - In response to extensive public comment, the California Attorney General’s office released modified draft regulations under the CCPA on February 7. Shook has provided initial...more

A Spate of Legislative Action Portends a Busy Year in Privacy and Security

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 1/14/2020

The new decade has barely begun, and the world of privacy already seems set to change quickly. Here is a brief overview: New Laws In Effect as of January 1 - On January 1, 2020, new data breach notification requirements...more

Washington State to Try Again for a Comprehensive Privacy Law

Hogan Lovells on 1/14/2020

Washington State is already shaping up as a center of state privacy legislation for 2020. Last year, SB 5376 (also known as the Washington Privacy Act, or WPA) gained significant traction in the legislature, passing the...more

Survey of the Retail Industry’s Privacy Practices - December 2019

BCLP on 12/30/2019

With the enactment of the European General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA”), retailers have been forced to cope with a shifting privacy landscape that impacts the data that...more

Survey of Fortune 500 Companies’ Privacy Representations - December 2019

BCLP on 12/30/2019

With the enactment of the European General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA”), companies have been forced to cope with a shifting privacy landscape that impacts the data that...more

CCPA’s Uncertain Effect on Digital Advertising

Ballard Spahr LLP on 11/15/2019

Have you ever looked at a product online and realized it was following you around the internet? Have you ever visited a different website and seen the item you were just thinking about purchasing? These friendly reminders are...more

Guide to CCPA Compliance – Update on Final Amendments

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 9/23/2019

The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, Cal. Civ. Code §§ 1798.100 et seq. (CCPA) is the first significant piece of state legislation that expands the data privacy rights of the residents of California and imposes...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - June 2019

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 7/2/2019

In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we reflect on the GDPR's one-year anniversary while also examining the EU's new Cybersecurity Act. We also take a look at HHS' new guidance on direct liability of...more

May 2019 IP Update: The California Consumer Privacy Act: More Relevant Than You Think

Sunstein LLP on 5/29/2019

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which we discussed last year, goes into effect on January 1, 2020. Its record-keeping requirements become effective on July 1, 2019. If your small- or medium-size business is based...more

If At First You GDPR, CCPA, CCPA Again

Fox Rothschild LLP on 5/9/2019

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which takes effect in 2020, has been dubbed “GDPR-Lite” or “California GDPR” because it shares many concepts and compliance obligations with the EU General Data Protection...more

Senate Committee Explores Data Monetization, Consumer Privacy Expectations

Fox Rothschild LLP on 3/19/2019

If it makes the individual go “huh, why did that (use of my information) happen?” you, company that provides a service utilizing data, may have a data protection problem on your hands....more

Final Public Forum Held on California Consumer Privacy Act

Holland & Knight LLP on 3/8/2019

• The Office of the California Attorney General (AG) held the final public forum on the California Consumer Privacy Act on March 5, 2019. • Commentators were sophisticated in their understanding of the law and all...more

Start Aiming Now: The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) Is A Moving Target, And GDPR Compliance Isn’t Enough

King & Spalding on 2/14/2019

The CCPA is an unprecedented privacy law that grants California residents sweeping rights concerning the collection and use of their information. Once the law becomes effective on January 1, 2020, covered businesses can...more

California Consumer Privacy Act Guide

Jones Day on 1/15/2019

On June 28, 2018, California enacted the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”)—the result of a last-minute compromise between California lawmakers and consumer privacy activists intended to avoid a widely criticized data...more

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