On Election Day, California voters approved a ballot measure, Proposition 24, known as the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA). Referred to by some as CCPA 2.0, the CPRA amends certain provisions of the paradigm...more
The nation awoke the morning after Election Day 2020 with much still unresolved. By early morning Pacific Time, however, it was called by various media outlets that California voters approved a ballot measure, Proposition...more
On Monday, Oct. 12, the California Office of the Attorney General (the Attorney General or OAG) released a third set of proposed modifications to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations (the Regulations)....more
The California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) is going to be on the November 3 ballot. The CPRA would amend the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) to provide a greater level of rights for consumers and more stringent...more
9/18/2020
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Private Right of Action ,
Right to Delete
While most privacy news and alerts have been focused on the collection and processing of customer data (see our earlier posts about interest-based advertising and the House Judiciary Committee’s Antitrust Hearing with Big...more
On Friday, August 14, 2020, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced approval by the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) of final regulations (Final Regs) under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Proposed...more
On March 11, 2020, the California Attorney General published a third version of the proposed regulations to implement the California Consumer Protection Act....more
On February 7, 2020 the California Attorney General published a second version of the proposed regulations to implement the California Consumer Protection Act....more
Those who keep an eye on privacy laws may be familiar with how monumental the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) was when it first became effective in 1998....more
If you’ve been feeling encouraged about your company’s preparation for the California Consumer Privacy Act’s (CCPA) launch on January 1, 2020, you may not want to breathe a sigh of relief just yet. ...more
Please join BakerHostetler and Aon’s Cyber Solutions (formerly Stroz Friedberg) for a webinar discussing the impending implementation of the CCPA and tips on what companies may need to do to comply with its far-reaching...more
10/3/2019
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On September 17, 2019, numerous stakeholders in the digital advertising industry, including publishers, advertisers/brands, AdTech companies, and law firms (including numerous representatives from BakerHostetler) convened at...more
A little more than 100 days prior to the effective date of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), six amendments (A.B. 25, A.B. 874, AB 1146, A.B. 1202, A.B. 1355 and A.B. 1564) to the act were approved by California...more
9/18/2019
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Data Privacy ,
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Private Right of Action ,
Right to Delete
As discussed in our previous blog post on the topic, Nevada’s amendments to its privacy law are set to go into effect Oct. 1, 2019....more
It is less than 120 days until California’s ground-shifting new privacy regimen – the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) – goes into effect. ...more
Last week, Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak signed new privacy legislation into law in Nevada. Senate Bill 220 (SB-220) updates Nevada Revised State 603A to provide consumers a new right to opt out of the sale of their data....more
6/6/2019
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Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws
Over the past several weeks, the California State Assembly has voted in favor of advancing to the California Senate bills that would narrow the reach of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). ...more
6/6/2019
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Right to Delete
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), effective Jan. 1, 2020, will require more privacy transparency and choice for consumers than they have ever had under U.S. law, but its approach to providing consumers with the...more
Last Tuesday, the California Assembly’s Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection (Assembly Privacy Committee), which has jurisdiction over matters related to privacy, the protection of personal information and information...more
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is a comprehensive new consumer protection law set to take effect on January 1, 2020. In the wake of the CCPA’s passage, approximately 15 other states introduced their own CCPA-like...more
3/28/2019
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Consumer Privacy Rights ,
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Data Privacy ,
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Privacy Laws ,
Private Right of Action ,
Right to Delete
This year brought unprecedented focus on consumer privacy – the rollout of the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Cambridge Analytica controversy and Congressional hearings, a GDPR-light law coming...more
This summer California enacted, effective Jan. 1, 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), a privacy law unprecedented in the U.S. that grants California residents a broad range of European-like privacy rights. ...more
With only hours left to the 2018 legislative session, the California Legislature has amended the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) by passing SB-1121. The legislature was expected to amend the CCPA, which passed...more
alifornia’s new privacy law, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA or act), which goes into effect Jan. 1, 2020, grants California residents (referred to as consumers in the act but not limited to consumers) a...more
8/30/2018
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Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
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Private Right of Action ,
Right to Delete
In response to controversies concerning consumers’ personal information, such as the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica controversy, and a California ballot initiative that qualified for the November ballot and proposed the...more
8/28/2018
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Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Governor Brown ,
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Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Private Right of Action ,
Right to Delete