California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Opt-Outs, Data Collection

Amendment to CCPA Would Require Consumer OptOut Elections to be Preserved Following M&A Transactions

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 9/17/2024

Data privacy and security risk and compliance issues relating to exchanges of personal information during merger, acquisition, and similar transactions can sometimes be overlooked. In 2023, we summarized an enforcement action...more

California Agency Provides Insights into CCPA Enforcement Priorities: 3 Tips for Staying Off the Enforcement Radar

Fisher Phillips on 8/2/2024

A recent board meeting of state officials revealed that the California agency responsible for overseeing the state’s landmark consumer privacy law received over 2,000 complaints for alleged violations in the past year alone –...more

CPPA Enforcement Division Issues First Enforcement Advisory on Data Minimization

White & Case LLP on 5/9/2024

On April 2, 2024, the California Privacy Protection Agency's (CPPA) Enforcement Division issued its first enforcement advisory, titled "Applying Data Minimization to Consumer Requests," to further emphasize the importance of...more

California Trap & Trace Class Actions on the Rise in the Age of Website Trackers

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 4/26/2024

Future LLC, a magazine and website publisher and owner of the TechRadar.com website, faces allegations that it collected website visitors’ IP addresses without consent in violation of the California Invasion of Privacy Act...more

CPPA’s First Enforcement Advisory Focuses on Applying Data Minimization Principles to Consumer Requests

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 4/19/2024

On April 2, 2024, the Enforcement Division of the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) issued Enforcement Advisory No. 2024-01. This first-ever enforcement advisory focuses on promoting compliance with California...more

How Much Data is Too Much? 4 Steps Businesses Should Take as California Focuses On Data Minimization Requirements

Fisher Phillips on 4/15/2024

Businesses take heed: California state officials just warned that the law prohibits you from collecting unnecessary data and retaining data for longer than necessary. The California Privacy Protection Agency published its...more

California Attorney General investigates streaming services for CCPA violations

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 2/5/2024

On January 26, California State Attorney General Rob Bonta announced an investigative initiative by issuing letters to businesses operating streaming apps and devices, accusing them of non-compliance with the California...more

Colorado AG Releases Personal Data Universal Opt-Out List for Public Comment

Troutman Pepper on 12/5/2023

Similar to other state consumer data protection acts enacted over the past two years, the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) allows Colorado consumers to opt out of the sale of personal data and the processing of such data for...more

California Enacts One-Stop Mechanism for Data Broker Deletion Requests

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 10/26/2023

California residents may soon be able to click “backspace” on data brokers doing business in the state. On October 10, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 362, colloquially known as the Delete Act, into...more

Summary of California Consumer Rights and Business Deadlines for Responding to Privacy-Related Requests

Fisher Phillips on 5/25/2023

Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), California consumers may exercise certain rights in relation to their personal information – and businesses have strict deadlines to respond to such consumer requests. These...more

Mintz May Madness: Tennessee’s Information Protection Act Gets Us Thinking About NIST(y) Safe Harbors

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 5/12/2023

The Volunteer State became the eighth state to enact a comprehensive data privacy law after Gov. Bill Lee (R) signed the Tennessee Information Protection Act (“TIPA”) into law yesterday, May 11. Tennessee joins a growing...more

CCPA Compliance Checklist [Ultimate 2023 Edition]

Reveal on 5/9/2023

“We hope today’s settlement sends a strong message to businesses that are still failing to comply with California’s consumer privacy law. My office is watching, and we will hold you accountable.” These were the words of...more

State Privacy Update: California Finalizes New CCPA Regulations and Iowa Becomes the Sixth State to Adopt Comprehensive Privacy...

Wiley Rein LLP on 4/7/2023

March wrapped up with several significant state privacy developments. First, on March 28, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed Senate File 262 (SF 262) into law, making Iowa the sixth state to adopt comprehensive data privacy...more

I Always Feel Like AI Is Watching Me: Artificial Intelligence and Privacy

Farella Braun + Martel LLP on 3/15/2023

ChatGPT got the early press, and every day we learn of new generative artificial intelligence products that can create new and creative visual and text responses to human input. Following on ChatGPT’s fame, Google’s Bard and...more

Silver Lining for Cos. in Proposed Calif. Privacy Law Changes

Troutman Pepper on 2/23/2023

On Oct. 17 and again on Nov. 3, the California Privacy Protection Agency, or CPPA, modified the text of the proposed regulations implementing the California Privacy Rights Act, or CPRA. Originally published in Law360 on...more

California Attorney General Announces Enforcement Sweep of Mobile Applications

Farella Braun + Martel LLP on 2/6/2023

Shortly before Privacy Day, California Attorney General (Cal AG) Rob Bonta announced a California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) enforcement sweep that targeted mobile applications....more

California AG Targets Mobile Apps for Failing to Honor or Provide Mechanism for Opt-Out Requests

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 2/2/2023

On January 27, 2023, the California Attorney General (California AG) Rob Bonta announced an “investigative sweep” of mobile apps in retail, travel, and food service industries for failing to provide a mechanism for—or...more

Your Business’s Mobile App Could Be Subject to California Attorney General Investigation

Fisher Phillips on 2/1/2023

The California Attorney General just announced an investigative sweep of mobile apps that allegedly fail to meet the requirements of state data privacy law, meaning businesses that conduct business through apps need to...more

The California Privacy Rights Act Brings New Data Requirements for Employers in 2023

Amundsen Davis LLC on 12/7/2022

With the holidays upon us, companies are assessing year-end to-do’s and considering what 2023 will bring. For companies employing California residents, compliance with the new California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) should be at...more

CPRA Rule Revisions Unlikely to be Finalized in 2022

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 11/7/2022

Just two months before the effective date (January 1, 2023) of the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”), the California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”) Board met on October 28 and 29 to discuss revisions to the agency’s...more

California Privacy Rights Act: Key Compliance Tasks for Employers

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 10/18/2022

The so-called “HR exemption” taking employee and applicant personal information out of the control of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is about to come to an end. Employers who are “businesses” for purposes of the...more

Upcoming California Privacy Rights Act: Key Compliance Tasks for California Employers

White & Case LLP on 10/12/2022

California employers' reprieve from obligations to employees to disclose data privacy practices and provide access rights to employees appears to be coming to an end as the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) becomes...more

[Webcast Transcript] The State of US Privacy Law: What to Expect in 2023 and Beyond

HaystackID on 10/12/2022

Editor’s Note: On September 29, 2022, HaystackID shared an educational webcast on the topic of US privacy law. As privacy continues to move to the forefront of not only information consideration but of business concern for...more

Apply Foundation To Your Privacy Policy Before You Become The Next Sephora

DarrowEverett LLP on 9/22/2022

On August 24, 2022, the California Attorney General released a statement regarding a settlement agreement that the State of California reached with Sephora, Inc. (“Sephora”), the international consumer product retailer...more

Dechert Cyber Bits - Issue 20

Dechert LLP on 9/16/2022

Pelosi Statement Dims the Lights on ADPPA - The prospects for the nation’s first comprehensive data privacy law, the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (the “ADPPA” or the “Bill”), dimmed after House Speaker Nancy...more

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