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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

What the Latest CCPA Settlement Means for Your Compliance Strategy

On July 1, 2025 the California Attorney General announced the largest CCPA settlement to date, totaling $1.55 million. The settlement, which is awaiting court approval, was the result of an investigation by the California...more

Baker Donelson

California AG Secures Landmark Privacy Settlement Over Tracking: What It Means for Your Website

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In a record-setting enforcement action under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the California Attorney General (AG) announced a $1.55 million settlement with Healthline Media, a popular online publisher of health...more

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Healthline to Pay $1.55M for Alleged CCPA Violations: Key Lessons for Businesses from Largest Settlement Yet

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Healthline Media has agreed to pay $1.55 million to resolve allegations that it violated the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) – which is the largest settlement to date under the state’s landmark privacy law. The...more

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Record-Breaking $1.55M CCPA Settlement Against Health Information Website Publisher

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On July 1, the California attorney general (CA AG) announced the largest CCPA settlement to date, $1.55 million, and the first settlement against a website publisher, Healthline Media LLC (Healthline)....more

Maynard Nexsen

Michigan AG Sues Roku Under Multiple Privacy Regulatory Schemes

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On April 29, 2025, the Michigan Attorney General filed a lawsuit in the Eastern District of Michigan against Roku on multiple grounds, alleging violations of: (a) the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), and (b)...more

Wiley Rein LLP

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

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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

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Eight-State Consortium of Privacy Regulators Marks Shift Toward Coordinated Enforcement

In a major development for businesses subject to state data privacy laws, eight state privacy regulators have joined forces to form the “Consortium of Privacy Regulators,” a bipartisan coalition aimed at coordinating...more

Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A.

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

Husch Blackwell LLP

California Attorney General Announces Second Public CCPA Enforcement Settlement

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Keypoint: In only its second public enforcement settlement, the California Attorney General announced a $375,000 fine along with injunctive relief. On February 21, 2024, the California Attorney General announced that it had...more

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Google Faces Eight-Figure Settlements Following Data Privacy Claims

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Google has agreed to pay a whopping $155M to resolve a government investigation and a class action lawsuit stemming from its use of location data, including claims that it stored and collected consumers’ location-related...more

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Colorado AG Enacts Landmark State Privacy Act Rules

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On March 15, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser recorded the final version of the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) Rules, granting Coloradans rights over their own personal data. Effective July 1, the CPA marks the third state...more

Fisher Phillips

Your Business’s Mobile App Could Be Subject to California Attorney General Investigation

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The California Attorney General just announced an investigative sweep of mobile apps that allegedly fail to meet the requirements of state data privacy law, meaning businesses that conduct business through apps need to...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

California Announces Increased Scrutiny on CCPA Violations with Latest $1.2 Million Enforcement Action Settlement

California’s Attorney General Rob Bonta has made clear that California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) enforcement is going to be a priority for the AG’s office. On Friday, the California AG’s office announced a $1.2 million...more

Alston & Bird

Colorado Issues Pre-Rulemaking Considerations for the Colorado Privacy Act

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On April 12, 2022, the Colorado Department of Law (the “Department”) released its Pre-Rulemaking Considerations for the Colorado Privacy Act (the “CPA”), following state Attorney General Phil Weiser’s remarks at the...more

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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

Perkins Coie

Rip Van Wrinkle: The Grandfather of Biometric Laws Awakens

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Biometric data is becoming increasingly pervasive in our daily lives—we use it to unlock smartphones, gain entry to entertainment venues, access secured locations, and record time and attendance on the job site....more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

Worth the Wait? Key Takeaways from California Attorney General CCPA Enforcement Case Summaries

Before the CCPA became enforceable on July 1, 2020, much ink was spilled (or many keys were hit) about the California Office of the Attorney General’s (“OAG”) ability to obtain civil penalties for CCPA violations. After that...more

Hudson Cook, LLP

California Attorney General Focuses on Targeted Advertising and Disclosures in CCPA Enforcement

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The Office of the Attorney General of California began enforcing the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA") more than a year ago and recently released a set of enforcement case examples it has pursued against businesses....more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

California AG Releases Important CCPA Enforcement Information and Announces an Online Consumer Reporting Tool

To note the one year anniversary of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) enforcement date, California Attorney General Rob Banta held a press conference on July 19, 2021 to share key information about enforcement...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Privacy, Cyber & AI...

Privacy Bill Essentials: Proposed Federal Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act

On April 29, 2021, Senator Jerry Moran of Kansas reintroduced a comprehensive federal privacy bill entitled the Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act (the Act). The Act integrates themes from the CCPA and GDPR and provides...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

The California Privacy Rights Act Goes Into Effect

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Keypoint: Although the CPRA will not become fully operative until January 1, 2023, the provisions creating the California Privacy Protection Agency and extending the business-to-business and employee exemptions are now...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

CCPA: When “Final” Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Means (with apologies to The Princess Bride)

Earlier this week, the California Department of Justice unexpectedly released a third set of proposed modifications to the CCPA regulations. This move took place only two months after the California Attorney General’s Office...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Today’s The Day: CCPA Enforcement Begins

As we’ve been writing about in this space for some time, today marks the opening of the CCPA enforcement era. Despite protestations from the business community, and requests for delay due to the lack of regulations until...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

CCPA Update: Final Regulations Submitted but No Changes from Prior Draft

On June 2, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced that he had submitted final CCPA regulations to the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) for review. The final regulations are substantively identical to the...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Legislative Update: Privacy Bills Not Immune to COVID-19 As Legislative Efforts Persist and Evolve

Today, we are all facing a public health crisis unlike any other we have seen in our lifetime. In addition to serious consequences to global health, the COVID-19 pandemic has created significant disruption in the legal system...more

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