• The Draft Regulations introduced by the California Attorney General’s Office on October 10, 2019 are subject to a public comment period and public hearings that will close on December 6, 2019. Now is the time to act to try...more
10/29/2019
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State Attorneys General
Alastair Mactaggart, the real estate developer who led the push for the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), is at it again. Mactaggart and his organization, Californians for Consumer Privacy, have submitted a new ballot...more
9/27/2019
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• May 31, 2019, was the deadline for the California Legislature to pass bills out of the chamber in which they were introduced. Several measures proposing amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) passed the...more
6/5/2019
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The 2018 California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) requires the California Attorney General’s Office (AGO) to promulgate regulations related to the CCPA by July 1, 2020. The AGO is holding seven public forums and accepting...more
2/7/2019
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The 2018 California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) requires the California Attorney General’s Office (AGO) to promulgate regulations related to the CCPA by July 1, 2020. The AGO is holding a series of public forums and accepting...more
1/29/2019
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The 2018 California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) requires the California Attorney General’s Office (AGO) to promulgate regulations related to the CCPA by July 1, 2020. The AGO is holding a series of six public forums and...more
1/16/2019
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• The California Legislature passed SB 1121 to revise certain sections of the CCPA – the nation’s strictest privacy protection statute which provides Californians with a right to learn what personal information certain...more
9/10/2018
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• California recently passed the landmark California Consumer Privacy Act that goes into effect in 2020, which grants California residents new privacy rights.
• The CCPA creates a private right of action for California...more
7/9/2018
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Transparency
• California’s new regulations lay out the requirements for manufacturers to obtain permits to test and deploy autonomous-vehicles on public roads. The regulations enable manufacturers to test fully driverless vehicles and...more
3/13/2018
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Technology Sector
In California, home to Silicon Valley, Biotech Beach, drones and some of the nation’s strongest laws protecting personal and consumer privacy, legislators are grappling with how to balance popular innovations in technology...more