A class action lawsuit will proceed against Google over its collection of data from users browsing in "incognito mode," as District Judge Lucy Koh denied Google's motion to dismiss on March 12, 2021. In Brown v. Google, Judge...more
Virginia's legislature has set the stage for the Commonwealth to join California as one of two states with comprehensive consumer privacy legislation. The Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA) pulls certain policy...more
2/23/2021
/ Biometric Information ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Information Governance ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
State and Local Government ,
Virginia
As expected, Californians voted on November 3, 2020, to adopt the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), better known as Proposition 24. The CPRA amends the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in subtle and significant ways...more
Last week, with the issuance of an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced its intention to explore regulation of open banking. The Notice requests public input...more
Regulations implementing the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) became final last week, following approval by the California Office of Administrative Law (OAL). While four provisions from the final regulations were...more
A new class action against Google in federal court in San Jose, Calif., claims that Google's collection of web browsing data from individuals who have enabled "private browsing mode" violates the Federal Wiretap Act, 18...more
"Privacy, Unmasked" is a multi-part series that explores the impact of COVID-19 on individual privacy rights and privacy and security regulation and enforcement. New blogs will be posted in this space on Tuesdays....more
For companies known for using technology and analysis of big data to disrupt markets, the pandemic has created new opportunities, both to develop products that meet demands of a stay-at-home society and to share and analyze...more
As the likelihood of the federal government passing a timely, workable national consumer privacy law before the November election decreases, states from coast to coast have been busy. According to the National Conference of...more
"I’m just a law whose intentions are good / Oh AG, please don’t let me be misunderstood."
- Nina Simone, Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood, as adapted by the DWT Privacy & Security Team...more
Six bills proposing various changes to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) continue to move through the state’s legislature, and are likely to come up for a final floor vote imminently. None of the proposed amendments...more
With summer vacations, BBQs, and heat waves still in full swing, it can be tempting to think there is plenty of time remaining until the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA") takes effect on January 1, 2020. ...more
Copy-cat CCPA bills sprung up across the country in February, but as state legislatures move toward the lazy hazy days of summer, many of these bills seem to have lost momentum.
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The Privacy Oracle consolidates significant US legislative and regulatory developments at the state and federal level into a single publication. In this month’s issue, we offer:
- An analysis of bills introduced in the 116th...more
4/29/2019
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
Private Right of Action ,
Right to Delete
Privacy has been a hot topic for state legislatures in the first month of the year. Legislators in nine states have introduced draft bills that would impose broad obligations on businesses to provide consumers with...more
Santa’s practice of monitoring behavior of children across the globe has been publically disclosed for decades, but the recent implementation of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and enactment of the California...more
12/19/2018
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Right to Delete
The California legislature passed SB 1121, a bill to amend the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), on Friday night, hours before the legislature recessed for the year. SB 1121 contained only a few substantive changes,...more
9/6/2018
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
Private Right of Action
A coalition of business groups, including the California Chamber of Commerce and a broad array of industry associations, wrote to state lawmakers on Monday requesting a series of amendments to the California Consumer Privacy...more