In 2024, our team at BakerHostetler worked with hundreds of clients on a wide range of challenging privacy and data protection compliance issues. As the year ends, we are once again highlighting some key areas that warrant...more
12/20/2024
/ Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Brokers ,
Data Privacy ,
Data-Sharing ,
Enforcement ,
Enforcement Actions ,
International Data Transfers ,
New Legislation ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Personal Data ,
State Data Privacy Laws
We’re back with a deeper dive into the 2024 Data Security Incident Response Report, which features insights and metrics from 1,150+ incidents in 2023....more
Things happen quickly in the world of data privacy. With new laws being enacted, regulations continuing to develop and enforcements an ongoing reality, we thought a brief update on recent developments in U.S. comprehensive...more
It is often said that the law lags behind the pace of technological development. Yet, while computer chip implants and wearable brain activity monitors are only just starting to show technical viability, two states recently...more
In a state where everything is bigger, sometimes it helps to be small. The Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (TDPSA), which takes effect on July 1, 2024, includes one of the broadest standards for applicability of any U.S....more
Partners Justin Yedor and Jennifer Mitchell discuss the new enforcement “sweep” announced by the California Attorney General on January 26 relating to streaming services and devices.
Questions & Comments: jyedor@bakerlaw.com...more
On January 29, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the introduction of the Children’s Data Privacy Act, which, if passed, would expand and strengthen requirements for processing children’s personal information...more
We’re back with a deeper dive into the 2023 Data Security and Incident Response Report, which features insights and metrics from 1,160+ incidents in 2022.
This episode dives deeper into state privacy and data...more
On Aug. 9, the Commissioner of Data Protection of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) issued an “Assessment of California’s Data Protection Regime as Substantially Equivalent and Low Risk” (the Decision)...more
Throughout 2022 and into 2023, state regulation of data privacy continued its rapid expansion. In 2022, companies prepared for new comprehensive privacy laws in California and Virginia....more
What is loyalty? Ask a mob boss, a Los Angeles Lakers fan and a Labrador retriever, and you might get three different answers. Ask a retailer, and they’ll likely tell you that a loyalty program can be a great tool for...more
On March 29, 2023, Iowa became the sixth U.S. state to pass comprehensive consumer privacy legislation. The new law will go into effect on January 1, 2025. Iowa’s privacy law bears substantial similarity to the Virginia,...more
On Aug. 29, California’s Senate unanimously passed Assembly Bill 2273, known as the Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (the CA AADC or the Bill). The Bill, which is anticipated to be signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom,...more
9/8/2022
/ Children's Online Games ,
COPPA ,
Data Protection ,
Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) ,
Governor Newsom ,
Online Advertisements ,
Online Platforms ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Pending Legislation ,
Privacy Laws ,
UK ,
Websites ,
Working Groups
The Data Security Incident Response Report features insights and metrics from 1,270+ incidents that members of the firm’s DADM Practice Group helped clients manage in 2021.
This episode takes us deeper into CPRA...more
The Data Security Incident Response Report features insights and metrics from 1,270+ incidents that members of the firm’s DADM Practice Group helped clients manage in 2021.
This episode takes us deeper into CPRA...more
In sports, they sometimes call it a rebuilding year - the team hires new players or a new coach, restructures, updates strategy, and prepares for the next season. In the world of California privacy compliance, 2021 was a...more
7/12/2022
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Compliance ,
Contract Terms ,
Data Collection ,
NPRM ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Data ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Sensitive Personal Information ,
Service Contracts
On May 26, 2022, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA or the Agency) held a public board meeting to provide updates on the Agency’s rulemaking process. The next day, the CPPA released draft regulations for the...more
On Feb. 17, 2022, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA or the Agency) held a public board meeting to address several topics, including the rulemaking under the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). Although the CPRA...more
On Oct. 15, 2021, BakerHostetler reported on the status of the California Privacy Protection Agency’s rulemaking process and the challenges the agency faces issuing regulations under the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA)...more
On October 5, 2021, Jennifer Urban, who serves as Chair of the Board the California Privacy Protection Agency (the CPPA) spoke with members of the California Lawyer’s Association about the Board’s work to get the new Agency...more
For businesses awaiting guidance on how to comply with the California Privacy Rights Act (the “CPRA”), the new California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”) began the rulemaking process on September 22, 2021 with an...more