California's Attorney General recently issued guidance for healthcare providers and facilities. The guidance serves as a reminder to comply with data privacy laws and with California Civil Code section 1798.82, which requires...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
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Online stationery and craft company Minted Inc. has been hit with a CCPA class action lawsuit, stemming from a massive data breach the company disclosed in late May. The proposed class action lawsuit, filed in a California...more
6/17/2020
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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
In this post, we offer insights on the revisions recently made by the California Attorney General’s office to Article 4 of its draft regulations pertaining to verification requirements. Article 4 specifies how businesses...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
The California Attorney General’s office (CA AG) has published the long-awaited implementing regulations to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). In addition to the regulations, the CA AG also released a Notice of...more
Last week, California State Senator Jackson and state Attorney General Becerra introduced a new bill, Senate Bill 561. If passed, it will greatly expand the consumers’ right to bring private lawsuits for violations of the...more