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Update: The Right to Repair Stalls in Federal Court

In our January 2021 blog post The Right to Repair in Massachusetts Rolls Forward, we discussed how Massachusetts voters in November 2021 approved Question One, a ballot initiative amending the commonwealth’s 2012 Right to...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Massachusetts Ballot Question 1 Still on the Forefront as Automakers Sue to Block its Implementation

A group of automakers through the Alliance for Automotive Innovation is suing Massachusetts in federal court to block the new ‘Right to Repair’ law that passed on November 3rd . This law was known as “Question 1” to...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Massachusetts Voters Approve Measure for Expanded Access to Vehicle Data

In a roller coaster of an election week, it was easy for smaller ballot measures to become overshadowed. One ballot measure that you may have missed is Massachusetts’s Ballot Question 1 regarding the “right to repair” motor...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

The California Privacy Rights Act Has Passed: What’s in It?

On November 3, 2020, Californians voted to approve Proposition 24, a ballot measure that creates the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). The CPRA amends and expands the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)—California’s...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Massachusetts Voters Approve Vehicle Data Access Initiative

Voters in Massachusetts overwhelmingly approved a ballot initiative that gives independent mechanics greater access to vehicle data, a move that vehicle manufacturers have foreshadowed could have significant cyber and privacy...more

Morgan Lewis

California Approves Even Tougher Privacy Laws

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A majority of California voters approved the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA) on November 3. The CPRA expands provisions of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), creates new consumer privacy rights,...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

2020 Ballot Initiatives Affect Tech Industry

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Privacy, the gig economy, and access to digital information in our cars were all issues on ballots Tuesday for direct response of the voters. U.S. technology companies will be affected by the results of these propositions. ...more

Fisher Phillips

Businesses Nationwide Face New Privacy Obligations Thanks To California Vote

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Californians just passed a ballot measure that will soon expand the nation’s most stringent data privacy law – and it will have an impact on employers across the country. By voting in favor of Proposition 24 – the California...more

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CPRA is Coming - Prop 24 Passes

Before businesses can even breathe a sigh of relief for getting into compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), they will now need to gear up for yet another first-of-its-kind privacy law in the form of the...more

Wiley Rein LLP

California Privacy Law on the Ballot: What to Expect on California’s Upcoming Ballot Initiative to Expand and Amend the CCPA

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Next month, California voters will cast their votes on Proposition 24, a ballot initiative that, if passed, will enact the California Privacy Rights and Enforcement Act of 2020 (CPRA). The CPRA would significantly amend the...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

A Deeper Dive into the Privacy + Cybersecurity Concerns about Massachusetts’ Ballot Question 1

I previously wrote about a ballot question in Massachusetts this year that would update the “Right to Repair” initiative that was first passed in 2013. As a quick refresher, the Right to Repair law allows consumers to take...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

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“Hedging Their Bets” – California Passes One-Year Extension On CCPA Employee Data Exemption

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Governor Newsom just signed legislation that will extend the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) exemption for employee, job applicant, and independent contractor data for an additional year – until January 1, 2022....more

K&L Gates LLP

California Prepares for Potential Overhaul of Privacy Laws: The California Privacy Rights Act Qualifies for the General Election...

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1 All section references, unless otherwise stated, refer to the corresponding sections in the Ballot Initiative located in the hyperlinked text. 2 See Section 31(a). 3 See Section 31(a). 4 See Section 31(c)....more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Revisions to California Privacy Law to Appear as November Ballot Initiative

Data privacy compliance emerged as a top-tier issue for businesses across the globe with the implementation of new laws with broad scope and sweeping coverage, including the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR),...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Massachusetts Ballot Question Poses Privacy Concerns

Ballot Question 1 in Massachusetts, if passed in November, would require car manufacturers that sell cars equipped with telematics systems (i.e., a method of monitoring a vehicle by combining a GPS system with on-board...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

CCPA 2.0 Makes the Ballot! What’s Next for the California Privacy Rights Act?

On June 25, 2020, Californians for Consumer Privacy announced the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (“CPRA”) officially qualified for California’s November 2020 ballot. We previously provided guidance here about what the...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Advocacy Group Qualifies California Privacy Rights Act for 2020 Ballot

The advocacy group, Californians For Consumer Privacy, has qualified the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) for the November 2020 ballot. The required number of signatures was verified by the California Secretary of State,...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

New California Privacy Initiative to Appear on November Ballot – Get Ready for CCPA 2.0

Just as businesses are gearing up for the start of enforcement of the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), California cleared the way for the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”). The CPRA is an initiative imposing...more

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California Privacy Rights Act to Appear on November 2020 Ballot

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It’s official. The California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) has received enough valid signatures to appear on the November 2020 ballot. And if polling from late last year remains accurate, California voters are likely to approve...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

CCPA 2.0 Announces Key Signature Threshold for Ballot Initiative

The organization known as Californians for Consumer Privacy announced yesterday that it successfully secured enough signatures to qualify adding the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”) to the state’s November 2020 ballot....more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

The Next Act for the Architect of the California Consumer Privacy Act: The California Privacy Rights Act

With the CCPA having just become effective January 1st, 2020, affected entities and consumers may not have expected that actions are already being taken to dramatically amplify the consumer protections put in place by the...more

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California AG Releases Title And Summary Of CCPA 2.0 Ballot Measure

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California Attorney General Xavier Becerra released the title and summary for the CCPA 2.0 ballot initiative, the California Privacy Rights Act....more

Sunstein LLP

California Leads the Nation in Privacy Protection, But To Where?

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The California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA) is scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2020. In recent days: - The Governor of California signed into law seven CCPA amendments, - The California Attorney General...more

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New California Ballot Initiative Contemplates Stricter Privacy Requirements

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A new California privacy ballot initiative has been introduced by real estate developer and privacy rights advocate, Alastair Mactaggart. This new ballot initiative, titled The California Privacy Rights and Enforcement Act of...more

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