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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Consumer Confusion ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
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Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Use Policies ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Policy ,
Website Owner Liability ,
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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Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Selling ,
Data-Sharing ,
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Notice Requirements ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Policy ,
State Privacy Laws
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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Data Retention ,
Data Selling ,
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Personally Identifiable Information ,
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Verification Requirements
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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Data Collection ,
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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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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
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
As I was checking my wife and myself into a nearby beach town resort during a recent spontaneous trip, I wondered when the smiling gentleman behind the counter would present me with the hotel’s CCPA notice. I am referring, of...more
Governor Gavin Newsom just signed into law two amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) that will have a direct impact on employers doing business in the state. The new amendments, signed on October 11, 2019...more
10/14/2019
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Employer Liability Issues ,
Exemptions ,
Governor Newsom ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
State Data Breach Notification Statutes
Thanks to recent negotiations among state lawmakers, it appears that California employers may get a temporary reprieve on some of the more sweeping data privacy requirements that were set to take effect in just a few short...more
7/16/2019
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Disclosure Requirements ,
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Employer Liability Issues ,
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Privacy Laws
Since my last blog post about SB 1121, the California Senate voted to send SB 1121 to the state Assembly. The on May 30 vote was very close, 22-13, only one above the 21-vote threshold for passing the bill and strictly along...more
SB 1121, which is making its way through the California Legislature, would allow businesses to be sued for data breaches even when no one was actually injured. This includes being sued for failing to implement and maintain...more
No! It is a common misconception among the general public that someone always has to pay when there is a data breach. It is understandable that individuals affected by a data breach will be upset, distraught, and even angry....more
11/15/2017
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Civil Liability ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Duty of Care ,
Expert Witness ,
Failure to Mitigate ,
Federal Breach Notification Standard ,
Identity Protection Services ,
Identity Theft ,
Negligence ,
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Private Right of Action ,
Security Audits ,
State Data Breach Notification Statutes ,
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Trade Secrets
Effective immediately, federal contractors will need to comply with privacy training rules intended to ensure that their workforces protect personally identifiable information. As of January 19, 2017, federal contractors will...more
California’s data breach notification law is already considered the most stringent in the United States. Based on a new amendment recently signed into law, the law will soon get even tougher....more