California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Data Management, State and Local Government

California Attorney General Mandates CCPA-Covered Businesses Honor the Global Privacy Control and Announces Update on CCPA...

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 7/27/2021

Recently, the Office of the Attorney General of California announced three major updates that 1) added to the California Consumer Privacy Act's (CCPA) opt-out rules related to the sale of personal information, 2) made it...more

State of US State Comprehensive Privacy Laws

Burns & Levinson LLP on 7/7/2021

Following the lead of California and then Virginia, Colorado recently became the third U.S. state to pass a comprehensive law providing its residents with personal data privacy rights. While there is significant overlap...more

Florida Gone Wild: Back-to-Back “Breaking News” on Privacy Law Leads to No News

Burns & Levinson LLP on 5/12/2021

Breaking news out of Florida: On April 21, 2021, the Florida House, in a near unanimous vote, passed the Florida Privacy Protection Act (FPPA). Largely modeled after the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the FPPA would...more

Status Of Proposed CCPA-Like State Privacy Legislation As Of March 15, 2021

Husch Blackwell LLP on 3/15/2021

Keypoint: There were four notable developments this week: the Florida House passed a bill out of committee, lawmakers proposed a new bill in Texas, the Washington Privacy Act was scheduled for a public hearing and committee...more

From Coast to Coast: Virginia Passes First Consumer Data Protection Act Since the CCPA

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 3/4/2021

Following in the footsteps of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the Commonwealth of Virginia has become the second U.S. state to enact comprehensive consumer data protection legislation. ...more

Governor Signs Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act

Woods Rogers on 3/3/2021

Elizabeth Burgin Waller Principal John Pilch Cybersecurity/Privacy Analyst The Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA, or “the Act”) makes Virginia the second state in the nation to have sweeping data privacy...more

Virginia Set to Enact Broad Data Privacy Law, Second in US After California: What It Means for Businesses

Morgan Lewis on 2/19/2021

Virginia is on track to become the second state in the United States to pass a comprehensive data privacy law after the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA) quickly passed both houses of Virginia’s state legislature...more

California’s Consumer Privacy Rights Act: Opt-Out Rights and Data Profiling

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 1/29/2021

With the passage of the Consumer Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), we are presenting several blog articles on different topics related to the new law. We previously wrote about key effective dates and the newly-added definition of...more

Dismissal Of Marriott Data Breach Lawsuit Shows How Plaintiffs Still Face Standing Hurdles In The Post-CCPA Era

Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth on 1/28/2021

After the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) took effect on January 1, 2020, a surge of class action lawsuits predicated on alleged CCPA violations hit businesses. Because of the act’s novelty, it was unclear whether...more

California’s Privacy Rights Act: Expanding and Clarifying the CCPA

Burr & Forman on 1/27/2021

WHAT MATTERS? Is your organization ready for California’s latest privacy rights law, enacted at the end of 2020 – the CPRA? This article addresses some key considerations to help you determine whether your organization may be...more

California Privacy Rights Act: Compliance Objectives for 2021

Carlton Fields on 12/22/2020

While California has been characterized by some of the nation’s most long-standing and aggressive privacy laws, businesses operating in the state have faced uncertainty over the last three years as to what a final omnibus...more

California Attorney General Proposes Fourth Set of CCPA Regulation Changes

Morgan Lewis on 12/21/2020

The California attorney general released a fourth set of proposed modifications to the California Consumer Privacy Act regulations; notable regulatory changes include a new opt-out button for websites and an offline notice of...more

Fourth Set of Proposed Modifications to the CCPA Regulations Add an Opt-Out Button for the Sale of Personal Information

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 12/18/2020

On December 11, 2020, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra released the fourth set of proposed modifications to the regulations of the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA). This fourth set of proposed...more

2020 State Consumer Privacy Law Round-Up

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 12/10/2020

As the year draws to a close, it seems safe to declare that 2020 was not a good year for the enactment of state consumer privacy legislation. Below, we provide status updates on state privacy task force initiatives and...more

Is Your Business Collecting COVID-19-Related Employee Data? If so, You May Need to Update Your CCPA Employee Notice

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 11/25/2020

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) requires businesses covered by the CCPA to notify their employees of the categories of personal information the business collects about employees and the purposes for which the...more

California’s Consumer Privacy Rights Act (CPRA): Key Effective Dates and the Creation of the California Privacy Protection Agency

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 11/20/2020

With the passage of the ballot initiative known as the Consumer Privacy Rights Act (CPRA or Act) in California, we are presenting several blog articles on different topics related to this new law. Last week, we wrote about...more

The Past as Prologue: California Voters Approve CPRA as AG Proposes New CCPA Regulations

Dechert LLP on 11/13/2020

On November 3, 2020, California voters passed Proposition 24, the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). Crafted to address perceived gaps in the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the CPRA effectively calcifies the law...more

Sensitive Personal Information – What Is It and What Does It Mean for California Privacy Rights Act Compliance?

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 11/13/2020

The California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) expands the definition of personal information as it currently exists in the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The CPRA adds “sensitive personal information” as a defined term,...more

California Passes Prop 24 to Amend and Expand Consumers’ Privacy Rights

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP on 11/12/2020

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) created groundbreaking new rules for how businesses must handle California consumers’ personal data and spurred proposals for similar legislation across the country. ...more

California Approves Even Tougher Privacy Laws

Morgan Lewis on 11/11/2020

A majority of California voters approved the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA) on November 3. The CPRA expands provisions of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), creates new consumer privacy rights,...more

CPRA – What This Means for Your Business

Polsinelli on 11/10/2020

On November 3, 2020, Californians voted to pass Proposition 24, which modifies and expands the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), which came into force on January 1 of this year. The new California Privacy Rights Act...more

California’s Proposition 24 Passed – What Does It Mean for Your Business?

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 11/6/2020

According to the Los Angeles Times and other media outlets, Californians passed Proposition 24, also known as the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA). With 71.61 percent of precincts reporting, the measure passed...more

Substantial New Privacy Obligations for California Employers: The California Privacy Rights and Enforcement Act of 2020 Passes at...

Littler on 11/6/2020

Less than a year after the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) went into effect, California’s electorate approved a ballot measure that will substantially expand the privacy obligations the CCPA imposes on employers. On...more

California voters approve significant CCPA changes

Hogan Lovells on 11/6/2020

California voters have approved the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA or Proposition 24), a new law coming into effect on January 1, 2023 that will significantly amend the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). ...more

California voters support the California Privacy Rights Act

Bricker Graydon LLP on 11/5/2020

CCPA, we hardly knew ye. While support may not have matched pre-election polling, Californians passed Proposition 24, a ballot initiative that creates the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) and substantially expands the...more

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