California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Enforcement Authority

New Jersey Enacts Comprehensive Privacy Law

WilmerHale on 1/18/2024

On January 8, 2024, the New Jersey Assembly and Senate passed Senate Bill 332 (S. 332, or the “Act”), and it was signed into law by Governor Phil Murphy on January 16. This makes New Jersey the first state to enact a...more

Recently Amended Draft Federal Privacy Legislation Continues to Receive Support & Criticism

BCLP on 9/30/2022

The American Data Privacy and Protection Act (“ADPPA”) has been working its way through Congress with notable bipartisan support. After a July 20th markup session in the House Committee on Energy & Commerce amending the bill,...more

First Civil Penalties Under the CCPA Through $1.2 Million Settlement For Cookie “Sale” Violations

Benesch on 9/8/2022

The enforcement marks a step-up in scrutiny and enforcement as new amendments to the CCPA are set to come into force Jan. 1, 2023 and as enforcement moves from the CA Attorney General to the new California Privacy Protection...more

California Privacy Enforcement Moves Forward With Rulemaking on Horizon

Wiley Rein LLP on 2/24/2022

Big changes are underway in California privacy, with a brand new privacy agency, forthcoming new privacy rules due by July, and a new comprehensive privacy framework going into effect in January 2023. As businesses subject to...more

California Privacy Update

WilmerHale on 2/15/2022

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) may seem like old news, especially now that Virginia and Colorado have also passed comprehensive privacy laws, but businesses must continue to pay attention to California if they...more

Colorado’s new privacy law: How it stacks up against other US privacy laws

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 7/15/2021

There are many similarities between the Colorado Privacy Act (ColoPA), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), the Virginia Consumer Data privacy Act (VCDPA), and Europe’s GDPR,...more

[Webinar] What the Heck is Happening in California? An Update on California’s Privacy Law Landscape - February 9th, 3:00 pm - 4:00...

Carlton Fields on 1/29/2021

With the effective enforcement date of the CCPA in January 1, 2020; a new privacy law, the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), passed by California voters in November 2020; and a new Attorney General on the horizon,...more

California’s new privacy law, the CPRA, was approved: Now what?

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 11/10/2020

On November 3, 2020, California voters passed Proposition 24, the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), by approximately 56-44%. This act will amend and supersede the still recent California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), once...more

California Passes New CPRA Privacy Regulation

BCLP on 11/6/2020

On November 3, 2020, the state of California voted to pass Proposition 24, also known as The California Privacy Rights and Enforcement Act of 2020 (“CPRA”). As a result of this vote, businesses dealing with personal...more

The California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 Passed, Now What?

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 11/6/2020

On November 3, 2020, California voters passed Ballot Proposition 24,The California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (“CPRA”), significantly amending the State’s recently effective California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), which is...more

California Consumer Privacy Act Enforcement Series: OAG’s Reaction to CPRA Referendum

Troutman Pepper on 8/18/2020

CCPA 2.0: A Refresher - Just as the dust from the CCPA began to settle, on June 24, 2020, the California Secretary of State released a memorandum stating that the California Privacy Rights Act (the “CPRA”), also known as...more

California Consumer Privacy Act Enforcement Series: Service Providers

Troutman Pepper on 7/29/2020

Enforcement of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) began July 1, 2020. Our privacy team at Troutman Pepper includes several attorneys who worked in an attorney general’s office. This privacy regulatory team has...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

Enforcement begins under the California Consumer Privacy Act

Tucker Arensberg, P.C. on 7/14/2020

July 1st marked the beginning of the enforcement of the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”). Despite the fact that a final version of the regulation has yet to be codified, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra...more

California Consumer Privacy Act: Covered Businesses and Required Notices

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP on 6/9/2020

The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (the “CCPA”) and the related proposed Attorney General Regulations (the “Regulations”) provide California consumers with increased privacy rights and protections with respect to...more

Critical Privacy Law Update for Food and Beverage Brands: California Consumer Privacy Act Enforcement Begins on July 1

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP on 5/28/2020

In the middle of a pandemic that has upended the food and beverage industry – causing surging demand for some products and devastating others – the last thing anyone wants to deal with is a new regulatory regime. However, the...more

CCPA “2.0” Inches Closer To Qualifying For California’s November Ballot

Goodwin on 5/21/2020

On May 4, 2020, Californians for Consumer Privacy (CCP), the organization behind the ballot initiative that led to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), announced that it has begun submitting signatures to qualify the...more

Is A Federal Privacy Law In The Cards for 2020?

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx on 12/12/2019

In May of 2018, the European Union enacted the General Data Protection Rules, or GDPR, a legal framework that outlines not only how companies may collect and process personal information of EU residents, but how that data is...more

Senate Commerce Committee Holds Hearing on Federal Privacy Legislation

WilmerHale on 12/11/2019

As many businesses occupy themselves with coming into compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) before the law’s effective date of January 1, 2020, Congress is renewing discussion of a possible comprehensive...more

California Consumer Privacy Act Draft Regulations: What’s New, What’s Next

Latham & Watkins LLP on 10/23/2019

Covered businesses have much work to do to revise disclosures, implement choice mechanisms, and design compliant data subject request programs. Key Points: ..The Attorney General’s draft regulations, released on October...more

Dangerous seas ahead - the California Consumer Privacy Act and litigation risk

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 9/5/2019

While many breathed a sigh of relief when the California legislature provided only a limited private right of action for data breaches under its sweeping new privacy law - the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) -...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

Senate Holds Hearing on Consumer Perspectives as Congress Continues to Develop Federal Privacy Legislation

WilmerHale on 5/7/2019

On May 1, 2019, the Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing on “Consumer Perspectives: Policy Principles for a Federal Data Privacy Framework”—the Committee’s third hearing during this session discussing principles for...more

The California Consumer Privacy Act - What to Know—and What to Do

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 4/17/2019

Didn’t I Already Do This for GDPR? If you already have a compliance program for the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a lot of this may sound familiar. While the CCPA borrows a number of GDPR concepts and...more

Podcast: Cybersecurity and the Boardroom

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 3/20/2019

In this episode, the third of three building on Akin Gump’s annual Top 10 Topics for Directors report, partner Michelle Reed discusses the critical question of cybersecurity and the corporate world. Among the topics covered: ...more

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