Today, encountering a cookie banner is a common experience for most individuals who peruse the internet. These banners inform website users of the presence of cookies or other tracking technologies through language such as,...more
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
9/18/2019
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California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
Private Right of Action ,
Statutory Requirements
As discussed in Part 1, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CalCoPA) is a game-changing privacy act that sets a new bar for consumer privacy rights in the U.S. The primary reason it differs from existing legislation...more
9/6/2018
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California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Preemption ,
Privacy Laws
As most people started to wind down for the July 4th holiday week, California was just ramping up its “as California goes” focus on data privacy. On June 28, 2018, California passed a comprehensive data privacy bill that has...more
7/5/2018
/ Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Rights ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
GLBA Privacy ,
Governor Brown ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
New Legislation ,
Notice Requirements ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Portability ,
State and Local Government ,
State Data Breach Notification Statutes
Privacy is serious business. This was made clear in the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) recent announcement that it had settled its complaint against Venmo, PayPal’s peer-to-peer payment service, for misrepresentations to...more
3/7/2018
/ Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Failure to Comply ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
GLBA Privacy ,
Opt-Outs ,
Payment Processors ,
PayPal ,
Privacy Notice Rule ,
Privacy Policy ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices