Businesses with a website beware: California regulators just warned that the law prohibits your website from making website users jump through hoops or otherwise confusing them as they try to exercise their privacy rights,...more
9/10/2024
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California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) ,
Consent ,
Consumer Confusion ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cookies ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Use Policies ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Policy ,
Website Owner Liability ,
Websites
A California federal court recently ruled that disclosure of certain data collected through website cookies that may qualify as health information could trigger a data breach under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) –...more
8/14/2024
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Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cookies ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Health Care Providers ,
PHI ,
Popular ,
Websites
A recent board meeting of state officials revealed that the California agency responsible for overseeing the state’s landmark consumer privacy law received over 2,000 complaints for alleged violations in the past year alone –...more
8/2/2024
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California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Selling ,
Data-Sharing ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
Notice Requirements ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Policy ,
State Privacy Laws
Federal officials recently banned a software provider from selling, disclosing, or licensing any web browsing data for advertising purposes – and ordered to pay $16.5 million. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleged that...more
7/3/2024
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Consumer Information ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Data Selling ,
Data Storage ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Targeted Digital Advertising ,
Website Owner Liability
Employers and businesses are in limbo on how to prepare for a post-TikTok world after Congress passed legislation giving the social media app’s Chinese owner nine months to either sell the company or be banned throughout the...more
5/16/2024
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Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Employee Releases ,
Federal Bans ,
International Data Transfers ,
Mobile Apps ,
National Security ,
Privacy Concerns ,
Social Media ,
TikTok
State officials who oversee California’s data privacy law recently convened a public meeting to discuss various privacy-related matters – and may have signaled that an explanation of employer obligations under the law could...more
Businesses take heed: California state officials just warned that the law prohibits you from collecting unnecessary data and retaining data for longer than necessary. The California Privacy Protection Agency published its...more
4/15/2024
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California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Collection ,
Data Deletion ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Retention ,
Data Selling ,
Data-Sharing ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Security and Privacy Controls ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Verification Requirements
A bipartisan group of federal lawmakers just unveiled a sweeping proposal to pass the nation’s first data privacy law and hand a significant amount of power to consumers, one that would bring about a massive change in the way...more
The news that California regulators can immediately begin enforcing new data privacy regulations will have an outsized impact on the PEO community. A surprise February 9 decision from a state appeals court pressed...more
4/8/2024
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Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Enforcement ,
New Regulations ,
Personal Information ,
Privacy Policy ,
Professional Employer Organization ,
State Attorneys General
A California appeals court just pressed fast-forward and ruled that the state can immediately begin enforcing new regulations governing the state’s cornerstone data privacy law instead of waiting until late next month. This...more
2/13/2024
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Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cookie Banners ,
Cookies ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Enforcement ,
New Regulations ,
Notice Requirements ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Policy
California lawmakers recently passed a law that would expand data broker registration requirements and make it easier for consumers to be “forgotten.” The Delete Act, which would amend the state’s existing Data Broker...more
9/26/2023
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Consumer Information ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Brokers ,
Data Collection ,
Data Deletion ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Failure to Comply ,
Pending Legislation ,
Personal Information ,
Registration Requirement
California employers, beware: the state’s top prosecutor just announced his office is conducting an investigative sweep of whether and how large California employers have complied with data privacy and consumer protection...more
7/20/2023
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California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Employee Privacy Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Job Applicants ,
Notice Requirements ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Policy ,
State Attorneys General
Getting into compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) can seem like an overwhelming task. After all, the law is comprised not only of a dense statute and detailed regulations, but the amendment effective...more
5/25/2023
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Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Retention ,
Data Security ,
Data Subject Access Requests ,
Employee Training ,
Notice Requirements ,
Personal Information ,
Privacy Policy
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) has created compliance challenges across the country for businesses – but they often stem from the fact that businesses are confused about some of the law’s basic principles. This...more
In evaluating the stringent and wide-ranging obligations of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the amendment to the law known as the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) that took effect on January 1, 2023, the...more
Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), California consumers may exercise certain rights in relation to their personal information – and businesses have strict deadlines to respond to such consumer requests. These...more
5/25/2023
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Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Consumer Requests ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Deadlines ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Information ,
Right to Delete ,
Right To Know ,
Right-To-Access ,
State Privacy Laws
Some common digital marketing techniques used by PEOs have become the recent target of data security litigation – and you should consider taking mitigating measures if your PEO deploys these strategies to put yourself in a...more
5/11/2023
/ Class Action ,
Cookies ,
Data Collection ,
Data-Sharing ,
Invasion of Privacy ,
Professional Employer Organization ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Web Tracking ,
Website Owner Liability ,
Websites ,
Wiretapping
Last week, Montana and Tennessee became the eighth and ninth states to pass comprehensive consumer privacy legislation. The bills were approved by the respective legislatures and are expected to soon be signed by governors of...more
Iowa will soon be the sixth state in the nation with a comprehensive consumer privacy law – but the good news for employers is that it does not apply to data collected in the employment context and does not include a private...more
3/21/2023
/ Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Exemptions ,
Notice Requirements ,
Opt-Outs ,
Penalties ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Policy ,
Right to Delete ,
Right To Know ,
Right-To-Access ,
State Privacy Laws
The California Attorney General just announced an investigative sweep of mobile apps that allegedly fail to meet the requirements of state data privacy law, meaning businesses that conduct business through apps need to...more
When covered businesses collect personal information about consumers – including employees and job applicants – the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) requires them to comply with certain disclosure obligations, among...more
After a stalemate over federal consumer privacy legislation in the past few years, a draft bill was released on June 3 that signals a major step towards bipartisan support for federal consumer privacy legislation. The...more
6/14/2022
/ Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Covered Entities ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Data Transfers ,
Preemption ,
Privacy Laws ,
Private Right of Action ,
Proposed Legislation ,
State Privacy Laws
While it is clear that the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) imposes certain disclosure obligations on businesses regarding concrete personal information collected about consumers, businesses often forget that they also...more
Californians just passed a ballot measure that will soon expand the nation’s most stringent data privacy law – and it will have an impact on employers across the country. By voting in favor of Proposition 24 – the California...more
11/5/2020
/ B2B Transactions ,
Ballot Measures ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Retention ,
Data Security ,
Data Use Policies ,
Duty to Correct ,
New Legislation ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Sensitive Personal Information
Governor Newsom just signed legislation that will extend the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) exemption for employee, job applicant, and independent contractor data for an additional year – until January 1, 2022....more
10/1/2020
/ Ballot Measures ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Employee Privacy Rights ,
Exemptions ,
Governor Newsom ,
Independent Contractors ,
Job Applicants ,
Personal Information ,
Privacy Laws