California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Consumer Protection Laws

New State Data Protection Laws Will Impact Business Nationwide: What You Need to Know

Lowenstein Sandler LLP on 6/21/2024

What You Need To Know: •The Texas Data Privacy and Security Act has broader jurisdiction than any other state data protection law and will regulate the data processing activities of thousands of companies for the first...more

Maryland Legislature Passes Consumer Data Privacy Bill

Husch Blackwell LLP on 4/8/2024

Keypoint: Maryland’s bill diverges from other Washington Privacy Act variants passed to date with unique data minimization, sensitive data, minor’s data privacy, and unlawful discrimination provisions (among others)....more

AI & You: Key Considerations for a Company’s Use of Artificial Intelligence Systems

Fox Rothschild LLP on 3/25/2024

Businesses increasingly rely on technology containing Artificial Intelligence (AI) to streamline operations, enhance employee experiences and drive strategic decision-making. The integration of AI into work systems, including...more

Tennessee Enacts Comprehensive Consumer Privacy Bill

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 5/12/2023

On May 11, 2023, Tennessee’s Governor signed Senate Bill 0073, the Tennessee Information Protection Act, making the state the eighth state to pass consumer privacy legislation. Tennessee joins California, Colorado,...more

GDPR and U.S. States' General Privacy Laws Deskbook

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/18/2023

California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020) and Related Regulations - 1798.100 General Duties of Businesses that Collect Personal Information - (a) A business that...more

Coal in the Stocking for Retail Employers: The California Privacy Rights Act

Perkins Coie on 10/20/2022

As the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) replaces its predecessor, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), on January 1, 2023, retailers face a significant amount of compliance preparation—and right at peak season. The...more

California Attorney General Bark Turns to Bite as First CCPA Settlement Includes Monetary Penalty

White & Case LLP on 9/1/2022

In a long anticipated development, on August 24 California Attorney General Rob Bonta ("Cal AG") announced the state's first monetary penalty under the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA"), in a settlement with the beauty...more

Status Of Proposed CCPA-Like State Privacy Legislation As Of March 29, 2021

Husch Blackwell LLP on 3/29/2021

Keypoint: There were a number of notable developments this week: the Washington Privacy Act passed out of a house committee after adding a private right of action, there was more movement on the Florida and Connecticut bills,...more

State Attorney Activism and Enforcement Trends

Cozen O'Connor on 3/4/2020

State attorneys general continue to become more influential as they drive legal innovation and policy change at the state and federal levels. This article discusses trends in AG activity, enforcement priorities, the impact of...more

Key Regulatory Developments Impacting the California Lending and Payments Space

White & Case LLP on 2/19/2020

The State of California is home to almost 40 million consumers and the world’s fifth largest economy. It represents a key exposure to most financial services companies’ US footprint. In recent years nonbank financial services...more

UK Business Exposure To The California Consumer Privacy Act 2018 ("CCPA")

White & Case LLP on 2/1/2020

The CCPA took effect on 1 January 2020, introducing significant compliance burdens for most businesses that collect personal information about California residents. The reach of the CCPA extends beyond California and the US;...more

Do Turkish Companies Have to Comply With the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”)?

White & Case LLP on 1/8/2020

Your business complies with the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") and/or Turkish Personal Data Protection Law numbered 6698 and its secondary legislation ("PDPL"); but does it comply with the California Consumer...more

State Legislature Hears Concerns About Proposed Massachusetts Consumer Data Privacy Bill

Pierce Atwood LLP on 10/14/2019

On October 7, 2019, the Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure held a hearing on pending legislation, including An Act Relative to Consumer Data Privacy (S.120). Modeled on the California Consumer...more

Nevada: Bucking the Wait and See Approach to Consumer Privacy Law

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 10/1/2019

In our May blog post, we took issue with the broadcast statement that ‘consumer privacy law was sweeping the country and that other states were jumping on the California Consumer Privacy Law (CCPA) bandwagon to enact their...more

CCPA 100-Day Compliance Checklist: It's Not Just About the Privacy Policy

White & Case LLP on 9/24/2019

White & Case Technology Newsflash With only 100 days left in 2019 as of the date of this publication, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) will be here before you know it. As we have described previously, the CCPA...more

Five Steps to Mitigate CCPA Class Action Risk: What Companies Need to Do to Increase Data Security

Fenwick & West LLP on 8/25/2019

While many companies and service providers are spending significant time and budget on the privacy-related requirements of the forthcoming California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the largest exposure for companies not selling...more

California Dramatically Expands Consumer Privacy Rights For the Entire Country

Weintraub Tobin on 7/19/2019

California recently passed the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, described by Former Gov. Jerry Brown as a “historic step” for California consumers, “giving them control over their personal data.” He claimed that the...more

Will New York Be the Next State to Adopt Robust Data Privacy and Security Laws?

Holland & Knight LLP on 7/10/2019

• The signing of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) into law in June 2018 imposed significant new privacy obligations on businesses that have personal information about California residents and set off a burst of...more

New York Poised to Make Big Splash in State Data Protection Law

Lathrop GPM on 6/24/2019

California and New York make big waves when they pass laws regulating privacy and data. We have previously described the changes coming in 2020 with the California Consumer Protection Act (“CCPA”)....more

Nevada Consumers Can Now Opt-Out of a Sale of Personal Information

Polsinelli on 6/6/2019

On May 29, 2019, Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak signed into law Senate Bill 220 (SB 220), which allows a Nevada consumer to “opt-out” of the sale of his or her personal information to a third party. ...more

Are Employees Classed as Consumers? California State Assembly Speaks to This and Other Concerns

Womble Bond Dickinson on 6/3/2019

The California State Assembly has passed several amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) this legislative session. Among the total of four CCPA amendments that were passed in the Assembly this week, two have...more

Update on State Privacy Laws

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 5/16/2019

In the latest developments surrounding state-level privacy laws, legislators advanced amendments that could ease the burden of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), while the Washington Privacy Act (WPA) appears dead in...more

Data Privacy Legislation in Other States

Lathrop GPM on 4/17/2019

As noted in our two prior alerts, CCPA Part 1 and Part 2, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is bringing GDPR-like data protection to the United States. Other states are now following suit. The California...more

Podcast: Retail Industry Outlook: Risks and Rewards

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 3/21/2019

In this episode, partners and Akin Gump retail initiative co-leaders Gregory Knopp and Meredith Slawe discuss the retail sector, its promises and its pitfalls. Among the topics covered: • technological innovation in retail ...more

Momentum Builds for a National Privacy Law in the United States

Dechert LLP on 12/19/2018

Recent developments show that momentum is building for the United States to enact a national privacy law that would govern how businesses handle consumers’ personal information. High-profile data breaches, recent...more

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