California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Personal Data, Legislative Agendas

Outside the Playground: California’s Child Privacy Act Sets Rules for Child’s Play

DarrowEverett LLP on 3/6/2023

In his State of the Union address on February 7, 2023, President Biden affirmed his position on consumer data privacy protections and specifically his focus on strengthening protections for children. With several state data...more

Top Privacy Law Issues in 2022 as Congress Debates a Federal Law

WilmerHale on 12/29/2021

Will 2022 be the year for a national privacy law? We are seeing new federal proposals, ongoing negotiations about key issues such as a private right of action and state pre-emption, and new activity at the state level. There...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 Privacy Law on the Ballot: What to Expect on California’s Upcoming Ballot Initiative to Expand and Amend the CCPA

Wiley Rein LLP on 10/27/2020

Next month, California voters will cast their votes on Proposition 24, a ballot initiative that, if passed, will enact the California Privacy Rights and Enforcement Act of 2020 (CPRA). The CPRA would significantly amend the...more

California Bill Extends CCPA Exemptions for Personal Information Collected by Employers and Businesses

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 10/5/2020

The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) currently exempts from its provisions certain information collected by a business about a natural person in the course of the person acting as a job applicant, employee,...more

Federal Privacy Law Efforts Move Forward in Congress

Wiley Rein LLP on 10/5/2020

As fall has arrived, so has a flurry of privacy activity on Capitol Hill. Though this Congress is highly unlikely to pass any privacy legislation before the end of the Term, the latest developments reflect efforts by key...more

The Growing Number of Biometric Privacy Laws and the Post-COVID Consumer Class Action Risks for Businesses

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 6/9/2020

Biometric privacy continues to be a hot-button topic in the United States, and internationally, with states continuing to join the wave of strict consumer biometric data protection laws. In an effort to avoid costly class...more

Wait…CCPA 2.0? What Is the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 and Will It Become Law?

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 5/22/2020

On May 4, 2020, Californians for Consumer Privacy announced that it submitted over 900,000 signatures to qualify the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (“CPRA”) for California’s November 2020 ballot. With the California...more

CPRA Poised to Go On November 2020 Ballot

Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/13/2020

While businesses are busy finalizing CCPA preparations, a new privacy initiative in California called the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) may be headed to the November 2020 ballot....more

CCPA 2.0 Initiative Signatures Submitted For November 2020 Ballot

Troutman Pepper on 5/12/2020

On May 4, Californians for Consumer Privacy, the organization that sponsored the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) announced that it had submitted enough signatures to put a new privacy law, the California Privacy Rights...more

US Senators Propose COVID-19 Consumer Data Protection Act

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 5/6/2020

At the beginning of 2020, a Federal privacy law, similar to that of GDPR or PIPEDA, was a faint and distant reality. However, in light of some mobile device and other monitoring being considered because of the COVID-19...more

Privacy Legislation Continues on the West Coast: How Does the Washington Privacy Act Compare to the California Consumer Protection...

Fisher Phillips on 3/5/2020

Background - While the federal government continues to work on a national program of consumer privacy safeguards, Washington is on the brink of joining California in a West Coast wave of consumer privacy legislation. In...more

Spotlight on Sensitive Personal Data as Foreign Investment Rules Take Force

McDermott Will & Emery on 2/19/2020

New CFIUS rules—which took effect February 13, 2020—underscore the need for privacy diligence in deals involving foreign investments and signal a larger trend toward heightened regulatory scrutiny of foreign access to...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - February 2020 #2

Robinson & Cole LLP on 2/14/2020

Ransomware Attacks Predicted to Occur Every 11 Seconds in 2021 with a Cost of $20 Billion - Confirming what we are seeing in the field, cybersecurity firm Cybersecurity Ventures has predicted that, globally, businesses in...more

The Washington Privacy Act – Re-Introduced for 2020 – Is it the Best of CCPA and GDPR?

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 2/13/2020

Washington legislators recently introduced the Washington Privacy Act (WPA). This legislation is a consumer-focused privacy law similar to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) but it also has some EU General Data...more

The Massachusetts Legislature Hits the Pause Button on Comprehensive Consumer Data Privacy

Pierce Atwood LLP on 2/10/2020

Massachusetts consumers and businesses now know that the Commonwealth will likely not be the next jurisdiction to adopt sweeping consumer data privacy legislation. Earlier last week, the Joint Committee on Consumer Protection...more

Data Privacy Bill Introduced in Washington State

Morgan Lewis on 1/29/2020

Washington may be the next state to enact its own data privacy law after a bill was introduced into the Washington State Senate earlier this month. Known as the Washington Privacy Act, the bill’s sponsor, Sen. Reuven Carlyle,...more

Florida’s Proposed Privacy Legislation: An In-Depth Analysis for Corporate Counsel

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 1/28/2020

The Florida Senate and House of Representatives are considering two bills (SB 1670 and HB 963) that, if adopted, will amend Florida law to create the state’s first comprehensive privacy law (though they do not go nearly as...more

Florida’s Legislature to Consider Consumer Data Privacy Bill Akin to California’s CCPA

Carlton Fields on 1/15/2020

Florida lawmakers have proposed data privacy legislation that, if adopted, would impose significant new obligations on companies offering a website or online service to Florida residents, including allowing consumers to “opt...more

Washington State to Try Again for a Comprehensive Privacy Law

Hogan Lovells on 1/14/2020

Washington State is already shaping up as a center of state privacy legislation for 2020. Last year, SB 5376 (also known as the Washington Privacy Act, or WPA) gained significant traction in the legislature, passing 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

California AG Releases Proposed CCPA Implementing Regulations

Troutman Pepper on 10/14/2019

On October 10, the California Attorney General released highly anticipated proposed regulations implementing the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The CCPA, which takes effect on January 1, 2020, provides California...more

State Legislature Hears Concerns About Proposed Massachusetts Consumer Data Privacy Bill

Pierce Atwood LLP on 10/14/2019

On October 7, 2019, the Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure held a hearing on pending legislation, including An Act Relative to Consumer Data Privacy (S.120). Modeled on the California Consumer...more

And the Wait for CCPA Rules is Over …. Kind Of

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 10/11/2019

Attorney General Becerra’s office posted the long-awaited draft CCPA regulations a little before 2:00 pm (PST) October 10th. It was a bit of a curve ball, to be perfectly honest (considering the final swath of amendments to...more

California Legislature Passes Nation's Second 'Data Broker Registration' Law

Troutman Pepper on 10/4/2019

In addition to the various amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) passed by the California Legislature on September 13, the legislature also passed Assembly Bill 1202 (AB 1202). AB 1202 requires “data...more

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