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Beware Dark Patterns – What are They and What Should Your Business Do About Them?

While the term “dark patterns” is not new, it has recently been getting a more attention, not least because the newly passed California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”) will regulate dark patterns. In this article, we will focus...more

California Privacy Rights Act Passes - Dramatically Altering the CCPA

Voters in California have passed Proposition 24, commonly referred to as the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (“CPRA”). Less than a year after the CCPA became effective, the voters’ approval of the CPRA will provide...more

NIST Provides Important Guidance For IOT Industry

More prevalent than ever before, Internet of Things (“IOT”) devices, a term that includes connected “smart” devices, such as internet connected TVs, wearables, smart speakers, such as the Amazon Echo and Google Home, are fast...more

Alleged Privacy Law Violations Create Potential $5 Billion Issue For Google

In a proposed class action lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, Google is facing a potential $5 billion class action for alleged privacy law violations. The complaint alleges that...more

CARES Act Equity Stakes Could Require Complying with Exacting Federal Data Security and Privacy Obligations

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act has created a flurry of far reaching considerations for affected businesses, ranging from tax, employment, and even telehealth. Beyond these issues, businesses...more

U.S. Senate Explores Use of Big Data To Fight COVID-19

We recently provided some insights regarding how countries across the world are using data to fight COVID-19. The United States Senate, Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, has recently conducted a hearing...more

Privacy In The Time of COVID-19: Engendering Customer Trust When Governments Ask For Smartphone And Other Data To Track Virus...

With the advent of COVID-19, countries around the world are facing a novel challenge that affects them in unprecedented ways economically, socially, and otherwise. From a public health perspective, now perhaps more than ever...more

Analysis of Modified Attorney General Regulations to CCPA – Part 2: Business Practices for Handling Consumer Requests

We previously provided insights into this important portion of the regulations... In this installment we address important revisions provided by the AG’s office to Article 3 of these regulations, several of which will have...more

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

Analysis of Attorney General Regulations to CCPA – Part 2: Business Practices for Handling Consumer Requests

Within Article 3 (pages 10-18), the regulations detail important requirements that every business must follow when providing and fulfilling consumer rights under the CCPA. These areas include...more

Analysis of Attorney General Regulations to the California Consumer Privacy Act – A Series

The California Attorney General’s office (CA AG) has published the long-awaited implementing regulations to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). In addition to the regulations, the CA AG also released a Notice of...more

2019 CCPA Amendment Process Comes to a Close

Interested parties and privacy professionals have all been anxiously awaiting how legislative activity would shake out before the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) is implemented January 1, 2020. Now that the dust has...more

Are You Talking To A Bot? – New CA Law Makes Disclosure the Best Option

Welcome to July. While the California Consumer Protection Act (“CCPA”) is certainly one of the most important pieces of privacy legislation affecting many businesses today, we want to remind our readers of another California...more

California Governor Floats “Data Dividend” Proposal

On the heels of the passing one of the nation’s leading pieces of privacy legislation, the California Consumer Privacy Protection Act (“CCPA”), Governor Newsom, used his first “State of the State” address, to highlight his...more

California AG’s Office Gets Public Input on CCPA

The California Attorney General’s Office (CAGO) is conducting a series of public hearings around the state to gather input on the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA). We attended the CAGO’s January 25th, 2019...more

Oath (f/k/a AOL) Agrees to Pay Record Settlement over COPPA Violations

Recently, Oath, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Verizon Communications agreed to pay $4.95 million to settle charges from the New York attorney general’s office that the company’s online advertising business was violating...more

Commitment to Protection of User Data Essential To Consumer Adoption of IoT Devices – Three Things to Know about the New Hampshire...

Recently, Amazon refused (registration required) to provide data from an Amazon Echo device in a case involving the a double homicide in response to an order issued by a New Hampshire state judge. Prosecutors believe that the...more

“Hey Alexa – Tell Me About Your Security Measures”

California continues to lead the nation in cybersecurity and privacy legislation on the heels of the recent California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”). Governor Brown recently signed into law two nearly identical bills,...more

PRIVACY ALERT: California Leads the Privacy Parade Again with Groundbreaking Privacy Legislation

June 28, 2018 will be a watershed day in the history of U.S. data privacy legislation. California has become the first state to move away from the U.S. approach of legislating data privacy in slow bits. Yesterday, both houses...more

Colorado Passes Far Reaching New Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

Recently, a new bill was signed by Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper, creating far reaching new requirements for entities that collect or maintain personal identifying information of Colorado residents. These requirements,...more

TechConnect - Your Law Firm Link to Industry News - April 2018

Letter from the Editors - As Tolstoy once wrote, “Spring is the time of plans and projects.” Hopefully, the snows of winter are finally behind us, and it’s time to look forward, build, and create! We at Mintz Levin continue...more

Facebook Stops Funding Opposition to California Privacy Focused Ballot Act

Facebook has recently chosen to no longer fund opposition to the California Consumer Privacy Act, which could appear on the California State Ballot as an initiated state statute on November 6, 2018. According to the petition...more

How to Leverage Privacy as a Key Competitive Advantage

“Privacy by design” – while not a new concept – is certainly enjoying a new spot in the sunshine thanks to the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) (50 days and counting…) and its codification of...more

SEC Provides New Far-Ranging Cybersecurity Guidance

The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) released expansive interpretive guidance (“2018 Guidance”), posted February 21, 2018, further building upon its far-reaching cybersecurity guidance provided in 2011. Below are...more

How to Leverage Privacy as a Key Competitive Advantage

We’ve discussed privacy compliance with regulations, legal requirements, etc. in the space since this blog’s inception. “Privacy by design” – while not a new concept – is certainly enjoying a new spot in the sunshine thanks...more

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