In what is being called the American Privacy Rights Act (Act), some are suggesting this could be the one! For many years, Congress has been unable to come together to craft a national privacy law. There have been several...more
The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) issued its first enforcement advisory concerning the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). In Enforcement Advisory No. 2024-01, the CPPA tackles a foundational principle –...more
On March 6, 2024, New Hampshire’s Governor signed Senate Bill 255, which establishes a consumer data privacy law for the state. The Granite State joins the myriad of state consumer data privacy laws. It is the second state in...more
3/7/2024
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
COPPA ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Controller ,
Data Privacy ,
Governor Sununu ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
New Legislation ,
Personal Data ,
State Privacy Laws
On October 8, 2023, Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill (AB) 947. Effective January 1, 2024, the bill will revise the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) definition of “sensitive personal information” to include personal...more
Most human resources professionals are concerned about the privacy and security of the vast amounts of personal information they manage. This article discusses steps to consider taking against the challenges.
Deluge of...more
10/3/2023
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Breach Notification Rule ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Insurance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Deletion ,
Employee Privacy Rights ,
Employee Training ,
GINA ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Information Technology ,
Personal Information ,
Popular ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Management ,
Wage and Hour
Though enforcement of the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) which amended the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) has been paused for now, the State of California is not resting when it comes to compliance with the...more
On May 11, 2023, Tennessee’s Governor signed Senate Bill 0073, the Tennessee Information Protection Act, making the state the eighth state to pass consumer privacy legislation. Tennessee joins California, Colorado,...more
5/12/2023
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
COPPA ,
Data Controller ,
Data Processors ,
FERPA ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
New Legislation ,
NIST ,
Personal Information ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Tennessee
While the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) only recently approved revised amended regulations pertaining to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), it is already on...more
On the eve of Data Privacy Day, the California Attorney General announced a new investigative focus for compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) on mobile applications, specifically popular apps in the...more
As the year comes to a close here are some of the highlights from the Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report with our Top 10 most popular posts of 2022:.....more
12/23/2022
/ Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Cyber Insurance ,
Dashcams ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Greenwashing ,
OCR ,
Online Reviews ,
PHI ,
SHIELD Act ,
Tracking Systems ,
Web Tracking
On December 16, 2022, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) had its final meeting before the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) which amended the California Consumer Privacy Act takes effect on January 1, 2023....more
California passed Assembly Bill (AB) 2089, which amends the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA) to include mental health application information under the definition of medical information....more
1. What’s changing?
Under the current version of the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), an employer’s obligations related to the personal information it collects from employees, applicants, and contractors residing...more
9/28/2022
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Privacy ,
Do Not Sell ,
Employee Rights ,
Job Applicants ,
Notice Requirements ,
Personal Information ,
Privacy Policy
California’s Governor signed Assembly Bill (AB) 2273, the first of its kind state legislation that requires businesses that provide online services, products, or features likely to be accessed by children to comply with...more
For the past few years, California’s comprehensive privacy law known as the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) included an important partial exemption for employees, applicants, and independent contractors...more
At the start of June, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA), the agency tasked with implementing and enforcing the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) which amended the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), voted...more
The federal government has been trying to reach a consensus on data privacy and thus far has failed to pass legislation. On June 3, 2022, a bipartisan draft bill, titled the American Data Privacy and Protection Act was...more
6/21/2022
/ Algorithms ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
CEOs ,
Communications Act of 1934 ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Discrimination ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Privacy Laws
When the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) became law, it was only a matter of time before other states adopted their own statutes intending to enhance privacy rights and consumer protection for their residents. ...more
5/4/2022
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Connecticut ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Enforcement ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Personal Data ,
Risk Assessment ,
State Privacy Laws
Facial recognition, voiceprint, and other biometric-related technology are booming, and they continue to infiltrate different facets of everyday life. The technology brings countless potential benefits, as well as significant...more
In honor of Data Privacy Day, we provide the following “Top 10 for 2022.” While the list is by no means exhaustive, it does provide some hot topics for organizations to consider in 2022...more
1/28/2022
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Insurance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
EU ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
National Security ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Standard Contractual Clauses ,
State Privacy Laws ,
TCPA
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), considered one of the most expansive U.S. privacy laws to date, went into effect on January 1, 2020. The CCPA placed significant limitations on the collection and sale of a...more
1/20/2022
/ Biometric Information ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
CMIA ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Contractors ,
Cookies ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Covered Business ,
Data Breach ,
Data Deletion ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Do Not Sell ,
For-Profit Corporations ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HITECH Act ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
Record Retention ,
Sensitive Personal Information ,
Third-Party
Facial recognition technology has become increasingly popular in recent years in the employment and consumer space (e.g. employee access, passport check-in systems, payments on smartphones), and in particular during the...more
On May 13th, New York State Senator Kevin Thomas, Chair of NY’s Consumer Protection Committee, reintroduced the New York Privacy Act (“NYPA”), a comprehensive consumer privacy law similar in kind to the California Consumer...more
5/26/2021
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
CDPA ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Controller ,
DPPA ,
Duty of Care ,
FERPA ,
GLBA Privacy ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HITECH Act ,
New York ,
Opt-In ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Private Right of Action ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Right to Delete ,
Written Notice
As access to COVID-19 vaccines becomes more prevalent, and we begin to conceptualize what a post-pandemic world might look like, many governments are assessing the idea of a COVID-19 vaccine passport framework. In late...more
5/11/2021
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Data Storage ,
European Commission ,
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
GINA ,
Personal Data ,
Vaccinations ,
Vaccine Passports
Will Florida be the next state to enact a comprehensive consumer privacy law? It sure is starting to look like a viable possibility. With the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) in full effect, and the recent enactment...more