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The California Consumer Privact Act (CCPA), effective January 1, 2020, enhances privacy rights and consumer protections of California residents. Follow this channel for latest guidance and updates on the CCPA,... 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

Litigating the CCPA in Court

Holland & Knight LLP on 7/24/2020

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA or Act) went into effect on Jan. 1, 2020. A first-of-its-kind law in the United States, the CCPA grants California residents expansive rights over businesses' collection, use and...more

Importance of CCPA Compliance Highlighted by First Round of Private Actions

McDermott Will & Emery on 5/20/2020

The first wave of California Consumer Privacy Act litigation has begun to roll in, and the complaints are already raising interesting questions about the scope of CCPA’s private right of action. The actions assert a variety...more

Salesforce Data Breach: Consumers Fight Back

Epiq on 2/19/2020

California continues to lead on data privacy protection. Since the adoption of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), cracking down on data breaches and promoting consumer privacy has remained a priority in the state....more

The Coming Wave of California Consumer Privacy Act Lawsuits

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 2/18/2020

Since the beginning of the year, industry leaders and counsel advising clients on data security issues have held their collective breath in anticipation of the tsunami of California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) lawsuits. The...more

The First Wave of CCPA Allegations Makes Its Way Into a New Data Breach Class Action Against Salesforce and Hanna Andersson

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 2/6/2020

The companies Salesforce.com, Inc. and Hanna Andersson, LLC are on the receiving end of a novel lawsuit, which appears to be the very first data breach class action ever filed with alleged violations of the California...more

CCPA Security FAQs: What legal theory are plaintiffs most likely to assert in a data breach class action in addition to the CCPA?

BCLP on 8/15/2019

Negligence. For the last five years, BCLP has published the leading analysis of data breach class action litigation. As part of that study, BCLP has reviewed every data breach class action complaint against a private company...more

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