On February 10, 2025, a Washington state resident filed a lawsuit on behalf of herself and similarly situated individuals against Amazon under the Washington My Health My Data Act (MHMD). This is the first lawsuit brought...more
2/24/2025
/ Biometric Information ,
Class Action ,
Consent ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Laws ,
State Privacy Laws
To help your company get its United States (U.S.) state privacy compliance program on the right track in 2022, Orrick's Cyber' Privacy & Data Innovation Group has analyzed the differences between key topics for the California...more
3/15/2022
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Processors ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Personal Information ,
State Privacy Laws
Across the United States (U.S.), 2021 was a busy year for legislative and regulatory-related consumer privacy developments. Our roundup captures some of the major updates that occurred in states throughout the year. We will...more
The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") recently announced its intent to "vigorously" enforce its 2009 Health Breach Notification Rule (the "Rule") via a policy statement that sheds light on the Rule's scope. The policy...more
9/24/2021
/ Application Programming Interface (APIs) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC Act ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Mobile Apps ,
Mobile Health Apps ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular
Colorado is the third U.S. state to enact comprehensive consumer data privacy legislation with the passage of the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) on July 7, 2021. The CPA will go into effect July 1, 2023, joining the California...more
Following in the footsteps of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the Commonwealth of Virginia has become the second U.S. state to enact comprehensive consumer data protection legislation. ...more
3/4/2021
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Information Governance ,
New Legislation ,
Personal Data ,
Regulatory Reform ,
State and Local Government
On December 10, 2020, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra (California AG) released a fourth set of proposed modifications to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations that went into effect on August 14,...more
On August 14, 2020, the California Office of Administrative Law (“OAL”) approved the final implementing regulations pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”). This final and approved version of the CCPA...more
On May 4, 2020, Californians for Consumer Privacy announced that it submitted over 900,000 signatures to qualify the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (“CPRA”) for California’s November 2020 ballot. With the California...more
5/22/2020
/ Ballots ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Collection ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Information Governance ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Rulemaking Process ,
State and Local Government
On March 11, 2020, the California Attorney General, Xavier Becerra, (“California AG”) released a second set of modifications to the proposed regulations pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”). These...more
3/26/2020
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Employee Benefits ,
Opt-In ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Privacy Policy ,
Rulemaking Process ,
State and Local Government ,
State Attorneys General ,
Statutory Interpretation
On February 7 and again on February 10, 2020, the California Attorney General Xavier Becerra released an updated draft of proposed regulations pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”). The updated...more
2/14/2020
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Brokers ,
Data Collection ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Information Governance ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Privacy Policy ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Rulemaking Process ,
State and Local Government ,
State Attorneys General
Happy New Year! At long last, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”) went into effect yesterday, January 1, 2020. For those who have not yet heard, the CCPA establishes a comprehensive legal framework to govern...more
1/3/2020
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Deletion ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Information Governance ,
Opt-In ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Right to Delete ,
State and Local Government
With the January 1, 2020 effective date of the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”) rapidly approaching, all eyes have been on the California legislature’s consideration of a robust suite of amendments that would...more
10/21/2019
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Class Action ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Customer-Loyalty Programs ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Brokers ,
Data Collection ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Employee Privacy Rights ,
New Amendments ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
State and Local Government ,
State Data Breach Notification Statutes
On October 10, 2019, the California Attorney General added to the complexity of the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”) by releasing long-awaited proposed regulations that provide guidance on various elements of...more
10/16/2019
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Comment Period ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
COPPA ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Digital Service Providers ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Privacy Policy ,
Public Comment ,
Right to Delete ,
Rulemaking Process ,
State and Local Government
With the January 1, 2020 effective date of the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”) rapidly approaching, all eyes have been on the California legislature’s consideration of a robust suite of amendments that would...more
9/18/2019
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Brokers ,
Data Collection ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Exemptions ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Rulemaking Process ,
State and Local Government
Following in California’s footsteps, Nevada has passed a new privacy law providing consumers the right to opt out of the sale of their personal information. Senate Bill 220 (SB-220), signed into law by Governor Steve Sisolak...more
6/11/2019
/ Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Collection ,
Data Management ,
Data Protection ,
Data-Sharing ,
New Legislation ,
Online Platforms ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
State and Local Government ,
Statutory Requirements
In 2018, the California legislature made headlines with its game-changing data protection law: the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018. ...more
3/19/2019
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Proposed Legislation ,
State and Local Government
The Düsseldorfer Kreis, a committee made up of representatives of German data protection authorities, recently published guidance on the requirements for obtaining valid consent to the collection, processing and use of...more
5/4/2016
/ Consent ,
Data Collection ,
Data Protection Authority ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
EU ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Germany ,
International Data Transfers ,
New Guidance ,
Opt-In ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Data
Personal data is a valuable corporate asset. At times, the personal information collected from customers (such as email address, mailing address, phone number, etc.) can be a company’s most valuable asset. Unfortunately,...more
10/20/2015
/ Bankruptcy Code ,
Chapter 11 ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Customer Lists ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Digital Assets ,
Disney ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Facebook ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Google ,
Hackers ,
MySpace ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Policy ,
RadioShack ,
Sale of Assets ,
Snapchat ,
WhatsApp
The provider of the immensely popular “Brightest Flashlight Free” mobile app for Android reached a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over charges that it collected sensitive personal information, including...more
California is continuing to blaze new trails in the area of online data privacy. Gov. Jerry Brown recently signed into law several new pieces of privacy legislation. The new laws affect all operators of commercial Web sites...more
The Federal Trade Commission has emphasized in the past that general privacy protections in the website space apply equally to mobile services, but a new FTC Staff Report released on Friday hones in on some privacy...more
2/11/2013
/ Address Book ,
App Developers ,
COPPA ,
Data Collection ,
Data Protection ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Mobile Apps ,
Notice Requirements ,
Parental Consent ,
Path Inc. ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Policy ,
Settlement ,
Social Networks ,
Transparency