California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Compliance, Personally Identifiable Information

Pressure-Testing Your Privacy Program for 2024

BCLP on 1/5/2024

With the onslaught of new privacy legislation and cyber threats coupled with upticks in enforcement, running a well-functioning and flexible privacy program is now, more than ever, a critical component of an organization’s...more

Taking Your First Steps: Key Compliance Tasks to Kick-start Compliance with California and Virginia Data Privacy Laws

White & Case LLP on 1/17/2022

As state and federal legislatures across the United States continue to contemplate comprehensive data protection legislation, two pending laws—the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) and the Virginia Consumer Data Protection...more

Recent Developments in the State Data-Privacy Landscape: Is Federal Involvement the Best Way Forward?

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 4/7/2021

With a dizzying array of state privacy laws on the horizon, the prospect of a federal solution has come into sharp focus. Rather than a patchwork of regional legislation, a comprehensive national framework would potentially...more

You Need Only Two Letters Today to Keep Up with the “Alphabet Soup” of Compliance

Reveal on 3/24/2021

Back in November, I wrote on this blog about Big Data being one of the challenges that is forcing technology to move more to the data sooner in the discovery process. One of the most notable fun facts that illustrate just how...more

CCPA Update: New Regulations Approved

Husch Blackwell LLP on 3/16/2021

Keypoint: Modifications to the CCPA regulation’s provisions regarding requests to opt-out and authorized agent requests are now final. On March 15, 2021, the California Attorney General’s office announced that the Office...more

Steps for Proactive CPRA Compliance

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 12/17/2020

California voters signaled that privacy is a top priority by overwhelmingly approving Proposition 24 on Nov. 3, 2020—the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). The CPRA amends and significantly strengthens the recently enacted...more

Understanding the Data Privacy Risks With AI-Driven AR/VR Applications

Perkins Coie on 12/16/2020

In the 2020 Augmented and Virtual Reality Survey conducted by Perkins Coie, Boost VC, and the XR Association, nearly three-quarters of industry leaders polled indicated that they expect immersive technologies to be mainstream...more

Information Governance: Insights From The Roundtable

Onna Technologies, Inc. on 9/11/2020

Today’s organizations are faced with the overwhelming challenge of managing, finding, and leveraging their information. On average, organizations use 88 applications to power their workforce, a 21% increase from just three...more

Compliance Perspectives: The Privacy and Data Security Track at the 2020 Compliance & Ethics Institute

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics... on 9/3/2020

Staying on top of what’s new in data privacy is tough. As Robert Bond, Partner and Notary Public at the UK-based law firm Bristows explains, over 100 countries have drafted or implemented new data privacy laws in 2019. To...more

7 Tips to Make Your Website CCPA Compliant

NAVEX on 8/19/2020

On Friday, California's Office of Administrative Law officially approved final regulations under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), arguably the nation’s most comprehensive legislation governing the collection,...more

A Quick Compliance Checklist Before the July 1 Enforcement of the CCPA

Payne & Fears on 6/26/2020

The window for getting up to speed on California Consumer Privacy Act requirements is rapidly closing. The state Attorney General’s final version of the regulations goes into effect on July 1. This article provides a...more

[Event] CCPA Compliance: An Interactive Workshop - Multiple Dates/Locations, February 11th - 24th

McDermott Will & Emery on 1/16/2020

Effective as of January 1, 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) gives broad rights to people on their personal data in the custody of companies. This focus on data rights significantly raises the compliance burden...more

[Event] CCPA Compliance: An Interactive Workshop - Multiple Dates/Locations, Jan. 22nd - 30th

McDermott Will & Emery on 1/14/2020

Effective as of January 1, 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) gives broad rights to people on their personal data in the custody of companies. This focus on data rights significantly raises the compliance burden...more

CCPA’s Top 5 Compliance Challenges

NAVEX on 1/13/2020

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) took effect on New Year’s Day. California is the first state in the union to create a data privacy law for its residents. Other states will follow soon. For compliance purposes,...more

California’s privacy law went into effect Jan. 1; have you spoken to IT yet?

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics... on 1/13/2020

Report on Supply Chain Compliance 3, no. 1 (January 9, 2020) - California’s new data privacy law went into effect Jan. 1, 2020, but the date is largely symbolic. Companies should already have a data management plan in...more

CCPA Advent: Waiting on the World to Change

Hudson Cook, LLP on 12/23/2019

January 1, 2020, opens both a new decade and a new landscape in privacy regulation in the United States. On that day, the California Consumer Privacy Act, or CCPA, is set to become effective. The law will be the first of its...more

California AG Issues California Consumer Privacy Act Regulations

The Volkov Law Group on 11/13/2019

Last month, the California Attorney General released draft regulations for the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). (Here). The regulations focus on three primary areas: (1) consumer notices; (2) consumer requests for...more

[Event] Countdown To CCPA: An Interactive Compliance Workshop - Multiple Dates/Locations, Nov. 20th - Dec. 5th

McDermott Will & Emery on 11/4/2019

Effective January 1, 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) will give broad rights to people on their personal data in the custody of companies. This focus on data rights significantly raises the compliance burden...more

California Leads the Nation in Privacy Protection, But To Where?

Sunstein LLP on 11/1/2019

The California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA) is scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2020. In recent days: - The Governor of California signed into law seven CCPA amendments, - The California Attorney General...more

Proposed CCPA Regulations: The Attorney General's Expectations for Businesses Subject to the CCPA

McDermott Will & Emery on 10/15/2019

On October 10, 2019, the California Attorney General released proposed regulations to implement the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), including substantial new requirements not included in the CCPA. Here we offer a...more

Key Actions to Ensure Compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (Part II of II)

The Volkov Law Group on 8/21/2019

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) presents numerous compliance challenges for businesses. Given the heightened focus on consumer privacy and ever-increasing enforcement risks, companies have to move quickly to...more

California Sunshine — The California Consumer Privacy Act (Part I of II)

The Volkov Law Group on 8/20/2019

When the federal government fails to assume responsibility for establishing law and policy in important federal areas of jurisdiction, the individual states then spring into action to fill the vacuum. ...more

Cannabis Companies and the California Consumer Privacy Act

Farella Braun + Martel LLP on 5/15/2019

The new California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) will come into effect January 1, 2020. By turning attention to the issue now, cannabis companies can ensure compliance with the new law without significant business...more

Is Your Wine Business Ready for the California Consumer Privacy Act?

Farella Braun + Martel LLP on 4/27/2019

Companies within and outside the State of California who offer products and services to California residents are focusing on what they need to do to comply with the new California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), which...more

Latest HIPAA Compliance & Enforcement Trends

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 4/25/2019

Enforcement activity by the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) showed no signs of slowing throughout 2018 and has already picked up speed in 2019. More recent and significant actions...more

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