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Payne & Fears

Employers Beware–Attorney General Announces Sweep Targeting Employee Data

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Attorney General’s Sweep - On July 14, 2023, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced an “investigative sweep” focused on the employee data of certain, unnamed large employers in the state....more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Colorado Privacy Act Takes Effect July 1

Colorado’s new comprehensive consumer privacy law, the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA), will take effect on July 1, 2023. Earlier this year, the Colorado Attorney General’s Office (“AG”) finalized its yearlong rulemaking process,...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Colorado AG’s Office Announces Final Colorado Privacy Act Rules: Key Takeaways

On March 15, 2023, the Colorado Attorney General’s (Colorado AG) office released the final version of the Colorado Privacy Act (ColoPA) rules (the final rules), which are based on public comments on the third version of the...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Colorado Attorney General’s Office Releases Third Version of Draft Rules for Colorado Privacy Act: Key Takeaways

On January 27, 2023, the Colorado Attorney General’s (Colorado AG) office released the third version of its proposed draft rules (third draft) for the Colorado Privacy Act (ColoPA) based on public comments it received on...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

California investigating mobile apps’ CCPA compliance

On January 27, the California attorney general announced an investigation into mobile applications’ compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The AG sent letters to businesses in the retail, travel, and food...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Colorado Attorney General Issues Draft Rules for the Colorado Privacy Act

On October 10, 2022, the Colorado Secretary of State published draft rules for the Colorado Privacy Act (ColoPA) in the Colorado Register, thus initiating a public comment period that will run through February 1, 2023.1 The...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Colorado Attorney General Issues Pre-Rulemaking Considerations for the Colorado Privacy Act

On April 12, 2022, the Colorado Attorney General's Office released "Pre-Rulemaking Considerations for the Colorado Privacy Act," which provides a series of topics and questions for which the office seeks informal public...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Colorado Attorney General Announces Privacy Rulemaking

The Colorado Attorney General's office is poised to begin the rulemaking process for the Colorado Privacy Act (ColoPA). On January 28, 2022, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser issued prepared remarks outlining key...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Privacy and Security Enforcement: State AGs Flex Their Muscles

Imagine you receive an inquiry from a state Attorney General (AG) about your privacy or security practices, and you aren't sure what to do next. Maybe it's because you have been concentrating on compliance efforts related to...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #298 – Help AGs Try to Protect Children’s Data

As a former Assistant Attorney General, I have a soft place in my heart for Attorneys General as consumer protection advocates. Most state AGs have the primary jurisdiction to enforce compliance with consumer protection laws...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

New Consumer Data Protection Bill Introduced In Virginia

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A new consumer data protection bill has been introduced in the Virginia Senate. Of note: •“Consumer” terminology is here to stay but the bill uses the General Data Protection Regulation’s terms “personal data” and...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

CCPA Update: AG’s Office Publishes Fourth Set Of Proposed Changes To CCPA Regulations

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Keypoint: The California Attorney General’s office again introduces an opt-out button. On December 10, 2020, the California Attorney General’s office published a fourth set of proposed modifications to the California...more

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Massachusetts Attorney General Creates Data Privacy And Security Division

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The Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General has created a new Data Privacy and Security Division. This Division is charged with protecting consumers from the threats to the privacy and security of their data. The...more

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U.S. States And Territories Data Breach Statutes-UPDATED July, 2020

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Fox Rothschild’s Privacy and Data Security practice group maintains this searchable PDF document as well as the Data Breach 411 app to inform businesses of the breach notification statutes in each of the 50 states, Guam,...more

Cozen O'Connor

EU Kills Privacy Shield | Honesty In Telecom Advertising | Big False Claims Act Settlements

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2020 AG Elections- Indiana GOP Chooses AG Candidate for 2020; Virginia Looks Ahead to 2021- •Todd Rokita, former Indiana Secretary of State and U.S. Congressman, has won the Republican nomination for Indiana AG over...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

CCPA Update: AG’s Office Confirms CCPA Enforcement Has Begun

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During a webinar last week hosted by the International Association of Privacy Professionals, a representative from the California Attorney General’s office confirmed that on July 1, the first date of the AG’s statutory...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

D.C. Amends Data Breach Notification Law, Adds Security Requirements

At the end of March, Washington, D.C. signed the Security Breach Protection Amendment Act of 2019, which adds some significant changes to D.C.’s existing data breach law, first enacted in 2007. The law is projected to take...more

Alston & Bird

California Attorney General Issues Second Round of Modifications to CCPA Regulations

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At approximately 6:00 p.m. today, March 11, 2020, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced a second round of modifications to the draft regulations his office is preparing for the California Consumer Privacy Act...more

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California AG Releases Second Set of Modified CCPA Regulations

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On March 11, 2020, the California Attorney General published a third version of the proposed regulations to implement the California Consumer Protection Act....more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

CCPA Update: Attorney General Releases Third Draft of Proposed CCPA Regulations

On Wednesday, the California Attorney General (AG) released a third draft of proposed CCPA regulations for public comment. The draft contains a series of technical corrections, along with a handful of substantive incremental...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

CCPA Update: Second Set Of Modified Proposed Regulations Published

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Keypoint: This modified draft of proposed regulations retracts some of the modifications as published on February 10 and adds new revisions. There is an additional comment period, which delays publication of final regulations...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Additional Draft CCPA Regulations Released: Functional Compliance Impact Considerations

Additional draft regulations were issued by the California Attorney General on February 7th and subsequently modified on February 10th. ...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

They’re Here 2.0: California AG Issues Modified CCPA Regulations

Without the fanfare that accompanied the release of the original proposed regulations, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra released modified regulations regarding the California Consumer Protection Act late in the...more

Cozen O'Connor

What Is A “Reasonable Link” Under CCPA?

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On February 7, 2020, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra published modified regulations for the California Consumer Privacy Act after reviewing the public comments received on the initial draft regulations. While the...more

Alston & Bird

The Updated CCPA Regulations: 30 Potentially Material Business Impacts

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California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has released updated regulations to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) that contain a number of material modifications to the initial CCPA regulations released in October...more

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