In a highly anticipated decision, the Illinois Appellate Court finally clarified the correct application of the statute of limitations under the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). In Tims v. Black Horse...more
A federal court in Illinois agreed with Google that a biometric privacy lawsuit filed against it in the Northern District of Illinois should be stayed in favor of a similar pending state court case. Although it is not...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
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
2020 “back to school” has a whole new meaning in the age of COVID-19. Now, it is finally time for companies to take compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) off the back burner and implement policies and...more
Last week, the plaintiffs in three related children’s privacy class actions sought preliminary approval of proposed settlements with sixteen defendants in those coordinated actions. The matters—known as the Kiloo Action, the...more
9/2/2020
/ Class Certification ,
Class Members ,
COPPA ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Declaratory Relief ,
Disney ,
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Mobile Apps ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Personal Data ,
Right to Privacy ,
Settlement ,
Settlement Negotiations ,
Website Owner Liability
Companies planning to conduct pandemic-related temperature checks for California employees and visitors to their premises should consider their compliance obligations under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“the CCPA”). If...more
The organization known as Californians for Consumer Privacy announced yesterday that it successfully secured enough signatures to qualify adding the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”) to the state’s November 2020 ballot....more
While many companies around the world are coping with a global pandemic, some are facing additional challenges in light of a looming deadline triggered by the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”). Citing #covid19...more
The California Attorney General’s draft regulations specify how businesses verify consumers’ identities when they receive consumers’ data requests. Specifically, Section 999.323 requires a business (i) to verify consumers’...more
According to the FBI, “there are only two types of companies: those that have been hacked and those that will be.” It does not take an actual data breach, however, for a company to be liable for its data security practices. ...more
7/20/2016
/ Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Dwolla ,
FinTech ,
FTC v Wyndham ,
Hackers ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Laws