The California attorney general recently published proposed modifications to the operative final regulations to the California Consumer Privacy Act, including notable regulatory changes requested by the attorney general for...more
10/22/2020
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Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Information Governance ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Personal Data ,
State and Local Government ,
State Attorneys General
California Governor Gavin Newsom on September 29 signed into law Assembly Bill 1281, which ensures that the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) limited exemptions for employment-related and business-to-business (B2B) data...more
10/2/2020
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Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Information Governance ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
State and Local Government
The landmark California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) requires certain companies doing business in California to implement new consumer privacy rights and provide new privacy policies to consumers. Even though the California...more
9/11/2020
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CPREA ,
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Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Information Governance ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
State and Local Government
California recently approved the final regulations to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which took effect August 14, 2020. This article highlights some of the most notable changes to the final regulations and...more
9/1/2020
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Consumer Privacy Rights ,
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Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Information Governance ,
Office of Administrative Law Judges (OALJ) ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
State and Local Government
With the July 1 enforcement of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) less than a month away, the state attorney general has finally submitted the final text of the proposed CCPA regulations to the California Office of...more
6/4/2020
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Data Collection ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
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Information Governance ,
Office of Administrative Law ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Rulemaking Process ,
State and Local Government ,
State Attorneys General
With the July 1 enforcement of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) less than a month away, the state attorney general has finally submitted the final text of the proposed CCPA regulations to the California Office of...more
6/4/2020
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Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Information Governance ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Risk Management ,
Rulemaking Process ,
State and Local Government
The California attorney general on March 12 released additional modified regulations proposing further refinements to the California Consumer Privacy Act. This latest set are mostly minor adjustments, introducing fewer...more
Recent guidance from the Office for Civil Rights and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reiterates that existing privacy laws and emergency preparedness standards provide an effective framework for providers...more
3/10/2020
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
China ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Emergency Management Plans ,
Employee Privacy Rights ,
Health and Safety ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare Workers ,
HIPAA Privacy Rule ,
Hospitals ,
Infectious Diseases ,
OCR ,
Patient Privacy Rights ,
PHI ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Public Health ,
Risk Management
Partner Reece Hirsch recently attended and spoke at the 2020 Health Datapalooza held in Washington, DC. This year, Health Datapalooza was co-located with the National Health Policy Conference, providing attendees with an...more
3/4/2020
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HIPAA Privacy Rule ,
Mobile Apps ,
Mobile Device Management ,
OCR ,
PHI ,
Risk Mitigation
Managers of private investment funds that collect personal information are required to comply with the landmark California Consumer Privacy Act – with some exemptions. ...more
2/28/2020
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Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
Information Governance ,
Investment Management ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Private Investment Funds ,
Risk Management
While the final CCPA regulations remain pending, written comments on the recently released proposed modifications are due by February 25, 2020. This article highlights some of the most notable changes to the proposed...more
2/19/2020
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Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Information Governance ,
Mobile Apps ,
Mobile Devices ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Privacy Policy ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Rulemaking Process ,
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State Attorneys General
Autonomous cars, sports betting, and CBD products have burst onto the scene, setting the stage for major developments in how companies do business and how regulators monitor new innovations....more
2/10/2020
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Appropriations Bill ,
Automotive Industry ,
Big Data ,
Bioengineering ,
Cannabidiol (CBD) oil ,
Cannabis Products ,
CFIUS ,
Covered Transactions ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Decriminalization of Marijuana ,
Final Rules ,
FIRRMA ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Food Labeling ,
Food Safety ,
Food Supply ,
Foreign Investment ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Marijuana ,
Medicaid ,
Medical Foods ,
National Security ,
Oil & Gas ,
Pipelines ,
Plant Based Products ,
Recreational Use ,
Retail Market ,
Sports Betting ,
Sports Gambling ,
Standard Essential Patents ,
Taxation ,
USDA
A constantly evolving framework of laws governing how multinational businesses can contact customers to how nonprofits report business income to how overtime is calculated and paid will influence how companies do business...more
2/3/2020
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Artificial Intelligence ,
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Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Employee Benefits ,
Energy Policy ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
FERC ,
Insurance Regulations ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
IRS ,
Japan ,
Long Term Care Insurance ,
NAIC ,
New Legislation ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Rate of Pay ,
Retirement Plan ,
Russia ,
SECURE Act ,
Sexual Harassment ,
State Labor Laws ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Exempt Entities ,
Tax Reform ,
White-Collar Exemptions
The landmark California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which took effect on January 1, 2020, is the first privacy act of its kind in the United States and significantly alters the privacy and cybersecurity enforcement...more
The landmark California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which took effect on January 1, 2020, grants consumers a limited private right of action against the unauthorized access and exfiltration, theft, or disclosure of certain...more
California is the fifth largest economy in the world. Its new laws and regulations have an impact far beyond its borders. Many Non-US companies do business in California. The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which...more
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) gives California residents various new rights regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of their personal information, and imposes a number of obligations on businesses covered...more
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) gives consumers the right to request that a business (1) respond to a consumer with a list of the categories or specific pieces of personal information that the business has...more
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) gives consumers the right to request that a business (1) respond to the consumer with a list of the categories or specific pieces of personal information that the business has...more
11/22/2019
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Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Opt-In ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Right To Know
All businesses subject to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) will need to have privacy policies that comply with the CCPA, regardless of whether they conduct business in person, online, or through mobile apps, and...more
The California attorney general released the highly anticipated proposed regulations implementing the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) on October 10, providing detailed guidance on CCPA compliance for affected...more
The recently proposed regulations implementing the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) “establish procedures to facilitate consumers’ new rights under the CCPA and provide guidance to businesses for how to comply.” This...more
The second article in our Guide to the CCPA series focuses on verifying consumer requests received pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The California attorney general’s recently proposed regulations...more
While the California attorney general’s proposed regulations do not address all provisions of the California Consumer Privacy Act, they do include new procedures and deadlines and cover compliance issues for businesses not...more
At the close of its legislative session on September 13, the California legislature passed five bills to amend and clarify the scope of the landmark California Consumer Privacy Act, which establishes new statutory privacy...more