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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

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

The California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 Passed, Now What?

On November 3, 2020, California voters passed Ballot Proposition 24,The California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (“CPRA”), significantly amending the State’s recently effective California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), which is...more

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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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“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

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

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Signatures Submitted for Inclusion of New California Privacy Law on November Ballot

Californians for Consumer Privacy has announced that it has secured and submitted enough signatures to qualify its California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”) for inclusion on California’s November 2020 ballot....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

Fox Rothschild LLP

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

Knobbe Martens

CCPA Webinar: Amendments, Proposed Regulations, New Ballot Initiative, and Related Nevada Law (Presentation)

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Arsen Kourinian hosted a webinar presenting, "CCPA Webinar- Amendments, Proposed Regulations, New Ballot Initiative, and Related Nevada Law," going over the latest news and updates within the CCPA. ...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

Goodwin

Déjà Vu All Over Again: New California Ballot Initiative Could Expand Privacy Obligations

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On September 25, 2019, Alastair Mactaggart, the founder of Californians for Consumer Privacy, the organization responsible for the ballot initiative that led to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), filed an initiative...more

Troutman Pepper

New California Ballot Initiative Aims to Toughen Up CCPA

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On September 25, Alastair Mactaggart, a real estate developer and founder and chair of Californians for Consumer Privacy, announced that he formally filed an initiative to appear on the November 2020 ballot, titled the...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Advocate Behind the CCPA Announces Second, More Expansive Ballot Initiative

California Attorney General Confirms Regulations Coming in October - On September 24, 2019, the privacy advocate and real estate investor who initially qualified the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) for the November...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Privacy Activists Pushing a New California Ballot Initiative to Adopt a More Onerous Version of the CCPA

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

Hogan Lovells

California Consumer Privacy Bill Fast-Tracked to Replace November Ballot Initiative

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On June 22, California lawmakers announced Assembly Bill 375, a broad-based consumer privacy bill that is intended to serve as an alternative to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), a far-reaching consumer privacy...more

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California Consumer Privacy Act Could Spell a Sea Change in US Privacy Law

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The California Consumer Privacy Act, which could be on the ballot in November, aims to introduce a groundbreaking approach to consumer privacy that not only is likely to resonate with the state’s voters, but is also expected...more

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Stop the hype! The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 is not at all like the GDPR

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Anytime a new statute or regulation comes along some service providers can’t help but jump on the fearmongering bandwagon. This seems to be worse the longer the statute, and the more complex and obscure (and therefore hard to...more

Poyner Spruill LLP

Sponsors Drop California Ballot Initiative Intended to Transform Privacy Class Actions

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Recent reports have circulated regarding a California ballot initiative that, if successful, might have marked the second time California would have caused a national shift in privacy law. Just 10 years ago, California...more

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