On Thursday, October 10, the California Attorney General issued draft regulations for the California Consumer Privacy Act. The regulations are open for public comment until December 6, 2019. Much has been written about the...more
10/14/2019
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Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Right to Delete
Providers of services that involve the personal information of California residents: What do the proposed CCPA Regs mean for your compliance?...more
The California Attorney General has issued long-awaited draft regulations for the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which is scheduled to take effect in 2020....more
Un-broker my heart, a late amendment to the CCPA has added data broker registration to the mix.
All data brokers as defined in amendment AB-1202 are required to:
register with the Attorney General on or before January...more
Three proposed amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act were themselves amended on September 6. Here is a summary of the major changes, with links to the current version of each proposed amendment:
Until 1/1/2021...more
“U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ed Markey (D-MA), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) Friday, August 16, 2019, sent letters to numerous education technology (EdTech) companies inquiring about data collection practices on...more
Tell me don’t sell me.
In a new settlement order with the Federal Trade Commission, Unrollme was ordered to notify all its active users of the fact that it accesses or collects email purchase receipts for use in market...more
The Higher Regional Court of Cologne Germany has held that internal recorded statements, conversation notes or telephone notes constitute personal data and copies of them must be disclosed in response to a data access...more
A Facebook “like” is actually more like “in a [Joint Controller] relationship” status, says the Court of Justice of the EU in a long awaited decision in the Fashion ID matter.
At issue: The legal framework surrounding...more
Big Picture Takeaways:
Facebook faces many detailed requirements for internal and external governance and oversight with extensive reporting requirements...more
7/25/2019
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Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Data-Sharing ,
Facebook ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Fines ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Policy ,
Social Media
How do you verify the identity of an individual requesting access to their data or that data be deleted?
The Dutch Data Protection Authority, Autoriteitpersoonsgegevens, offers guidance which can be helpful and instructive...more
6/21/2019
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Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
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General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Netherlands ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws
CCPA is coming to a data broker near you?
If passed, AB 1202, one of the amendments making its way through the California legislature, will:
require data brokers to register with the California Attorney General and...more
What is sold in Vegas, can be opted-out-of in Vegas.
Nevada’s new privacy law will go into effect October 1, providing consumers with a right to opt out of the sale of their personal information....more
The Lithuanian data protection inspectorate issued a 61,500 EUR fine against a payment services provider for violations of the data minimization, adequate security measures and data breach reporting requirements of GDPR....more
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), a broad-based law protecting information that identifies California residents, was passed in June 2018 and will take effect in 2020. Dubbed “GDPR Lite,” to denote its similarities...more
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which takes effect in 2020, has been dubbed “GDPR-Lite” or “California GDPR” because it shares many concepts and compliance obligations with the EU General Data Protection...more
5/9/2019
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Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
Right to Delete
The “Data Protection Trustmark Certification” (DPTM), promulgated by the Singapore Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) is a voluntary enterprise-wide certification for organizations to demonstrate sound and...more
A survey shows that most companies are not yet ready for the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and this includes companies that have undergone compliance processes for the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)....more
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), a broad-based law protecting information that identifies California residents, will take effect in 2020. The law includes detailed disclosure requirements, provides individuals with...more
3/13/2019
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Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
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Data Protection ,
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Private Right of Action
Competition considerations in how big tech companies handle personal data – the U.S. version.
Bloomberg Law reports that following a number of actions by European Union competition authorities, U.S. antitrust regulators...more
To U.S. Federal Privacy Law or To Not U.S. Federal Privacy Law, that is the question.
At a House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing February 26, industry professionals and advocates made their pitches for what should...more
Show me the money and I’ll show you my data.
“How much would you charge a marketer to use your personally identifiable information for general advertising purposes?”...more
What’s in store for CCPA?
Narrower definitions? Broader private right of action? Increased funding?
All were discussed at a hearing regarding the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) held at the California State...more
Will the California Consumer Privacy Act serve as a blueprint for a federal privacy law or for a patchwork quilt of state privacy laws?
As states have been commencing legislative proceedings and as proposals for a federal...more
China is in the early stages of setting up a data protection regulatory framework with rules for consent; personal data collection, use and sharing; and user-requested deletion of data.
The intention is to build a Chinese...more