There is a glut of information out there regarding privacy and cybersecurity these days. Our new feature “What We’re Reading” provides a curated list of articles, blogs, newsletters, and books that you may find interesting...more
There is a glut of information out there regarding privacy and cybersecurity these days. Our new feature “What We’re Reading” provides a curated list of articles, blogs, newsletters, and books that you may find interesting...more
To note the one year anniversary of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) enforcement date, California Attorney General Rob Banta held a press conference on July 19, 2021 to share key information about enforcement...more
Colorado has now joined California and Virginia to become the third US state to pass a comprehensive data privacy legislation when Governor Jared Polis signed the Colorado Privacy Act (the “CPA”) into law on July 8, 2021. The...more
There is a glut of information out there regarding privacy and cybersecurity these days. Our new feature “What We’re Reading” provides a curated list of articles, blogs, newsletters, and books that you may find interesting...more
If your business is subject to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and your business handles (in any manner set forth in the CCPA) the personal information of 10,000,000 or more California residents in a calendar...more
At the close of Connecticut’s 2021 legislative session, a pair of data protection/cybersecurity related bills made their way to Governor Ned Lamont’s desk, while a CCPA-like omnibus privacy law falling one floor vote short. ...more
The Mintz Privacy & Cybersecurity Blog will be providing regular updates of notable pending US state privacy laws. Following our similar previous updates, the most recent of which may be found here, this update checks in on...more
As we come out of the COVID-19 pandemic, it appears that another type of infection is threatening business and ransomware continues to spread. ...more
Although the California Consumer Protection Act (“CCPA”) went into effect on January 1, 2020 and over 100 class actions referencing the CCPA have been filed to date, very few class actions have actually made their way to...more
In a previous update, we provided a comprehensive round-up of several notable pending US state privacy laws. We are checking-in on the progression of some of those laws in this further update. The next installment will...more
We summarized Virginia’s Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA) in advance of its passage by the legislature and it now awaits Governor Ralph Northam’s signature. This will make Virginia the second state (behind California)...more
While we continue to await comprehensive US federal privacy legislation, and following California’s lead with its California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), individual states are stepping up to the plate. Based on what...more
January 28 is known worldwide as “Data Privacy Day” or “Data Protection Day,” and it’s a good opportunity to remind everyone of some privacy basics – particularly as people are still working remotely and threats to...more
An oft-used business management concept is to “hire people smarter than you.” The concept also applies to hiring vendors – hire vendors that are better than you (especially when it comes to information security). ...more
As businesses continue to work on compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the multiple versions of regulations issued by the Attorney General’s Office, Attorney General Becerra has issued yet another...more
12/15/2020
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Information ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Public Comment ,
Rulemaking Process ,
State Attorneys General
The Home Depot, Inc. (“Home Depot”) recently entered into a multi-state Assurance of Voluntary Compliance with Attorneys General of 46 states and the District of Columbia (the “Settlement”) stemming from a massive 2014 data...more
12/3/2020
/ Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Home Depot ,
Personal Information ,
Popular ,
Settlement ,
State Attorneys General
Earlier this week, the California Department of Justice unexpectedly released a third set of proposed modifications to the CCPA regulations. This move took place only two months after the California Attorney General’s Office...more
10/14/2020
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Information Governance ,
Office of Administrative Law ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Information ,
Privacy Policy ,
State Attorneys General
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed Assembly Bill 1281 to extend the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) “exemptions” for business-to-business (B2B) and employee personal information. The exemption was headed for a...more
10/2/2020
/ B2B Transactions ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
COPPA ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Employee Privacy Rights ,
Governor Newsom ,
Governor Vetoes ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Parental Consent ,
Social Media
The California Legislature has passed AB-1281 over to the Governor’s desk, approving the continuation of an exemption for personal information collected in the employment context and certain information collected in the...more
California Attorney General Becerra announced Friday afternoon that the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) had approved the final CCPA regulations his office submitted to the OAL in June, and that the review process is...more
The New York State Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) has announced its first enforcement action of NYDFS’ Cybersecurity Regulation, Part 500 of Title 23 (“Cybersecurity Regulation”) against First American Title...more
At present, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) has “temporary” (and limited) exemptions for the application of portions of the CCPA to personal data collected in the course of business-to-business transactions...more
As we’ve been writing about in this space for some time, today marks the opening of the CCPA enforcement era. Despite protestations from the business community, and requests for delay due to the lack of regulations until...more
7/1/2020
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Personal Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
State Attorneys General
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