California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Data Breach, Enforcement Actions

Year in Review: CCPA Litigation Trends from 2023

WilmerHale on 3/4/2024

This post is part of a series of articles we are doing on 2023 data protection litigation trends. While the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is most known for its onerous privacy compliance obligations, the law also...more

What to Expect in 2023: Trends in Cybersecurity & Data Privacy

Foley & Lardner LLP on 3/31/2023

The New Year is in full swing and it’s time to consider the top trends in cybersecurity & data privacy our team expects to see throughout 2023. It will be an exciting year due to the myriad of new laws coming into effect, and...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - February 2023

Robinson & Cole LLP on 2/9/2023

CYBERSECURITY - World Economic Forum’s Global Cybersecurity Outlook for 2023 Is Bleak - Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but remember that I am only the messenger. According to the World Economic Forum’s Global...more

Dechert Cyber Bits - Issue 21

Dechert LLP on 9/30/2022

US Federal Appellate Court Issues Opinion on Proof of Injury in Data Breach Cases - On September 2, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reinstated a class action lawsuit that had previously been dismissed...more

Privacy Update: FCC Seeks Public Comment on the Current and Future Regulation of the "Internet of Things"

ArentFox Schiff on 10/13/2021

FCC Seeks Public Comment on the Current and Future Regulation of the “Internet of Things” - The FCC is requesting public comment in a proceeding that will help determine the scope and nature of regulation of the “Internet of...more

Federal Judge Concludes Entity Subject to CCPA Despite Assertion It Is Not a “Business”

ArentFox Schiff on 9/22/2021

In Blackbaud Inc. Customer Data Security Breach Litigation, No. 3:20-mn-02972 (D.S.C. Aug. 12, 2021), a federal judge found that defendant, Blackbaud Inc. was subject to the CCPA despite its motion to dismiss asserting that...more

Jones Day Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update | Vol. 28

Jones Day on 8/10/2021

UNITED STATES - Regulatory—Policy, Best Practices, and Standards - President Biden Issues Cybersecurity Executive Order - On May 12, 2021, President Biden issued an executive order that placed new standards on the...more

[Webinar] CPRA – What Businesses Face Under California’s Expanded Privacy Law and How You Can Prepare Now - February 25th, 12:00...

McDermott Will & Emery on 2/19/2021

As a wave of potential privacy legislation sweeps across the country, California continues to lead the way. The recently enacted California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) adds to the groundbreaking 2018 California Consumer...more

US Cybersecurity and Data Privacy review and update: Looking back on our 2020 articles and planning ahead for 2021

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 2/10/2021

It was a tumultuous year for privacy and cybersecurity, and further uncertainty is all but guaranteed. The key to navigating this volatility, as 2020 proved, is to develop and maintain a proactive, agile and holistic data...more

Data Security Year in Review

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP on 10/12/2020

October marks the seventeenth annual National Cybersecurity Awareness month in the United States and provides an opportune moment to take stock of an extraordinary year. The past year has seen a rise in high-profile data...more

Update on Global Data Privacy Regulations by John Jackson

Jackson Walker on 8/26/2020

Cybersecurity and data privacy regulations were complicated well before the global pandemic. Since COVID-19 swept the world, Brazil has delayed enacting its new general data protection law, California's CCPA has gone through...more

[Webinar] The California Consumer Privacy Act: Are You Ready? - August 25th, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT

Carlton Fields on 8/11/2020

Join in-house counsel, chief privacy and information officers, and C-suite leaders for an in-depth program featuring Carlton Fields' Cybersecurity and Privacy attorneys. For companies subject to the CCPA, the law ushered...more

Five Things to Do Now to Prepare for the CCPA Enforcement Deadline on July 1, 2020

Allen Matkins on 5/22/2020

As you likely know, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) went into effect on January 1, 2020. The CCPA is revolutionary legislation relating to California consumers’ rights in their Personal Information (as...more

[Webinar] The California Consumer Privacy Act: Getting Up to Speed with the Looming Enforcement Deadline - May 21st, 3:00 pm -...

Carlton Fields on 5/14/2020

Join in-house counsel, chief privacy and information officers, and C-suite leaders for in-depth program featuring Carlton Fields’ Cybersecurity and Privacy attorneys. For companies subject to the CCPA, the law ushered in...more

Reflections on 2019 in Technology Law, and a Peek into 2020

Proskauer - New Media & Technology on 12/24/2019

t is that time of year when we look back to see what tech-law issues took up most of our time this year and look ahead to see what the emerging issues are for 2020. Data: The Issues of the Year - Data presented a wide...more

A New Decade of HIPAA – What Can We Expect?

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 12/24/2019

As the decade winds down, it’s hard to believe that the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules are almost twenty years old. It has been ten years since the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights...more

Countdown to the California Consumer Privacy Act: Key Components Every Business Should Be Aware Of

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC on 11/27/2019

On January 1, 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) becomes effective, and businesses around the world will be responsible for handling the personal information of Californians in accordance with the requirements...more

CCPA Privacy FAQs: So what is with the CCPA’s deadline? Is it, or is it not, going into force on January 1, 2020?

BCLP on 11/22/2019

There is a good deal of confusion about when the CCPA actually “becomes law.” The confusion is due, in large part, to a lack of drafting clarity presumably caused by the hasty drafting of the Act....more

FTC effectively shuts down Utah company’s operations pending compliance with mandated data security plan

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 11/20/2019

With companies increasingly worried about what the California Attorney General, and private litigants, will do once the California Consumer Privacy Act comes into effect, they should not lose sight of what the Federal Trade...more

Interactive Newsletter: Inside the Privacy Shield Annual Review

ArentFox Schiff on 10/9/2019

Inside the Privacy Shield Annual Review - Dozens of senior US and EU government officials were joined by officials from data protection authorities in Austria, Bulgaria, France, Germany and Hungary to discuss whether the...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - September 2019 #3

Robinson & Cole LLP on 9/30/2019

Many cities in the United States utilize a self-pay portal for residents to pay bills online, known as Click2Gov. Click2Gov was compromised in 2017 and 2018, when hackers were able to access over 300,000 payment cards and...more

When the Privacy Watchdogs Bare Their Teeth

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co. on 7/26/2019

July 2019 brought an escalation in the enforcement of privacy infringements by companies around the world. The trend began with a press release published on July 8, 2019, of a fine in the approximate amount of GBP 183 million...more

Privacy Report: FTC Takes Action Against Companies Falsely Claiming Compliance With International Privacy Agreements

ArentFox Schiff on 7/16/2019

Federal US News - FTC Takes Action Against Companies Falsely Claiming Compliance With International Privacy Agreements - The FTC reached a settlement with a background screening company over allegations it falsely claimed...more

CCPA: Consumers and the Right to Sue

Proskauer - Minding Your Business on 6/3/2019

The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”) is a California privacy law that gives consumers, defined as natural persons residing in California, affirmative rights with respect to their data privacy. Namely, the CCPA...more

Proposed Bill to Expand the CCPA’s Private Right of Action Likely Dead For the Year

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 5/20/2019

• On May 16, 2019, the California Senate Appropriations Committee held Senate Bill 561 (SB-561) in committee, likely blocking its passage this term. • SB-561, co-authored by the California Attorney General, would have...more

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