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Utah amends data breach reporting requirements

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The State of Utah recently amended its general data breach notification statute to update the content that must be reported to the Utah Attorney General or the Utah Cyber Center. The amendments also clarify when notifications...more

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Florida Follows North Carolina in Prohibiting State Agencies from Paying Ransoms

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We recently wrote about North Carolina’s new law prohibiting state agencies - including public schools and universities - from paying a ransom or even communicating with a threat actor following a ransomware incident. On June...more

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Indiana Amends Breach Notification Law to Require Notification Within 45 Days

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Indiana has amended its breach notification law to require entities to notify individuals “without unreasonable delay, but not more than forty-five (45) days after the discovery of the breach.” It clarifies that a delay is...more

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2021 Data Privacy Overview: New Regulations and Guidance

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While everyone hoped that 2021 would be less tumultuous than 2020, it certainly did not turn out that way in the end. The same was true in the world of data privacy – with sweeping new data protection regulations and guidance...more

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Utah Creates Data Breach Safe Harbor

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Utah recently amended its breach notice law to provide certain defenses to companies who suffer a data breach. It is now the second state, after Ohio, to include such provisions. Specifically, entities that create and...more

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CCPA 2.0 Passes: The California Privacy Rights Act To Become Law

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On November 3, 2020, California voters convincingly approved the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”) ballot initiative. The CPRA builds upon and amends the California Consumer Protection Act (“CCPA”), aligning it more with...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 20, Number 11. Privacy Briefs: November 2020

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Report on Patient Privacy 20, no. 11 (November 2020) - HHS Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology (ONC) is giving health care organizations more time to meet new rules on information...more

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California’s new privacy law, the CPRA, was approved: Now what?

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On November 3, 2020, California voters passed Proposition 24, the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), by approximately 56-44%. This act will amend and supersede the still recent California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), once...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Vermont Attorney General Provides Guidance on Security Breach Notice Act

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On March 5, 2020, Gov. Phil Scott (VT-R) signed into law amendments to the Security Breach Notice Act (the “Act”). The amendments, which originated in the State Senate as part of an initiative addressing a number of data...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

What Your Company Needs to Know About the March 2020 Amendment to the New York SHIELD Act

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New York residents will soon benefit from greater protections following a data breach when an amendment of New York’s data breach notification law - the Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act, or SHIELD Act -...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

CCPA QOTD: What are the employee/applicant and “business to business” exemptions?

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Because the term “consumer” is so broad in the CCPA (remember: it’s any California resident), it would have applied to employee and job applicant data and all business contact information across the board. After much...more

McAfee & Taft

New year to ring in nation’s most comprehensive privacy law

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In a June tIPsheet article titled “Privacy Gone Public: How growing push for privacy laws may affect U.S. Businesses,” we gave an update on the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and some pending amendments that could...more

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New California Legislation Enhances Employees’ Privacy Rights

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With the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) set to take effect on January 1, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed amendments in October 2019 providing businesses some temporary shelter from the CCPA...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

CCPA Amendments – What did California Actually Do?

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The rush for California to get all of the “rules of the road” ready for next year has seemed to cause a bit of confusion with California’s privacy law. Draft regulations were published the same day the Governor signed into...more

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California Follows Vermont, Requires Data Broker Registration

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Joining Vermont, California will now require data brokers to register with the California Attorney General. The law was signed October 11, 2019. It applies to companies that “knowingly” collect and sell personal information...more

Jones Day

The CCPA Amendments that Survived the California Legislature - After months of deliberation and negotiation, the California...

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As the legislative session came to a close last week, the California Legislature passed five bills that amend the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA"). Here are the five bills that are now headed to the governor for...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) – Amendment Update - Cybersecurity and Privacy Alert

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The dust has finally settled in the California State Legislature and the big winner for amendments to the CCPA is AB-25, which started out as carving out employees from the definition of consumer for the purpose of CCPA. The...more

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Illinois Joins States Requiring Breach Notice to AG

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Illinois has updated its breach notice law to require, effective January 1, 2020, notice to the Illinois Attorney General of a data breach involving more than 500 Illinois residents. The law contains specific requirements...more

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Maryland Adds Requirements to Breach Notice Law

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Maryland has amended its breach notification law to require businesses that maintain data, not just those that own or license the data, to conduct “a reasonable and prompt investigation” into whether personal information has...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

US Data Breach and Privacy 2019 Legislative Recap

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A few weeks ago, Texas signed into law an amendment to its data breach law, capping off a busy first half of 2019 for state lawmakers in this arena. As we gear up for the second half of 2019, we thought a recap was...more

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Texas Amends State Breach Notification Law and Creates Advisor Council to Study Privacy Laws

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Businesses in Texas that own or license computerized data will expect a shortened data breach notification deadline for any breach of sensitive personal information after January 1, 2020. Meanwhile, reporting to state...more

Holland & Knight LLP

California Consumer Privacy Act Update: Assembly Approves 12 Amendments - Changes Would Exclude Employees and Vehicle Information,...

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• California's protracted legislative and regulatory process has complicated the landscape for businesses needing to implement the operational, technical and procedural changes required by the California Consumer Privacy Act....more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Are Employees Classed as Consumers? California State Assembly Speaks to This and Other Concerns

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The California State Assembly has passed several amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) this legislative session. Among the total of four CCPA amendments that were passed in the Assembly this week, two have...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Like a Butterfly, Will the CCPA Continue to Evolve?

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California legislators have passed many bills to amend the California Consumer Protection Act since the law was passed. Last week there was significant developments in the status of those bills, as we reported. In addition to...more

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Washington’s Breach Law Amended, Effective March 2020

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Washington joins Massachusetts as the second state this year to amend its data breach notification law. The amendments will not take effect, however, until March 1, 2020. As amended, the definition of personal information has...more

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