California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Personal Data, Personally Identifiable Information

Privacy Data Mapping: How to Map Sensitive Data & PII

Osano on 8/14/2024

Sprawling. That’s one way to describe the nature of data and responsibilities in modern organizations. There’s a lot of personally identifiable information (PII) and sensitive data to track, and knowing what lives where so...more

Understanding Breach Notification Obligations Under California Law: What Does the CCPA Require? - Dear Mary – Incidents +...

Troutman Pepper on 7/17/2024

‘Dear Mary,’ is Troutman Pepper’s Incidents + Investigations team’s advice column. Here, you will find Mary’s answers to questions about anything and everything cyber-related – data breaches, forensic investigations, how to...more

Year in Review: 2023 Data Protection Litigation Trends

WilmerHale on 3/21/2024

2023 was an active year for data protection-related litigation. Plaintiffs continued to advance creative theories of liability against businesses, using both older and more established privacy laws (such as the Telephone...more

California Appeals Court Moves Up Enforcement Date for Latest CCPA Regulations

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 2/14/2024

On February 9, 2024, the California Third District Court of Appeals in Sacramento overturned a lower court order that postponed enforcement of the California Privacy Protection Agency’s (CPPA) newest rules. The decision...more

Why Your Website Needs A Privacy Policy

Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC on 9/28/2023

In this day and age, data privacy is a hot topic. Many Americans believe their personal data is less secure now than ever and that data collection poses more risks than benefits. For this reason, among others, businesses must...more

The FTC Sets Its Sights on Biometric Information

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 7/7/2023

Does your business collect or use fingerprints? Do your building access points use retina, finger, or palm scans? Does your security office use facial recognition technology to identify repeated trespassers? Do your phone...more

Are You Ready for the 3Cs?: California, Colorado, and Connecticut’s New Privacy Laws Become Enforceable July 1, 2023

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 6/29/2023

On July 1, 2023, the Colorado Privacy Act (ColoPA) and Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA) will go into effect, joining California and Virginia, whose data privacy laws are already in effect. Notably, while the California...more

A measured approach | US Cybersecurity and Data Privacy review and update: Looking back on our 2022 articles to help navigate 2023

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 3/3/2023

The year 2023 will continue to have cybersecurity and data privacy front of mind for General Counsels. With sweeping new US and global laws and regulations coming online and the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA)...more

Summary and Comparison of U.S. Data Privacy Laws Since California's CCPA and CPRA

Burr & Forman on 11/15/2022

California started the process of individual U.S. states enacting individual privacy laws with its California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), which currently is in effect, as supplemented and amended by the California Consumer...more

California Attorney General Announces First CCPA Settlement Against Sephora

K&L Gates LLP on 9/8/2022

On 24 August 2022, the California Attorney General announced a US$1.2 million settlement including injunctive relief terms with cosmetic giant Sephora, Inc. (Sephora), resolving allegations that the company violated the...more

Take a Deep Breath. A Status Check on New Privacy Laws

Foster Garvey PC on 5/17/2022

Unless you’ve been completely disconnected from the internet for the past year, you’ve undoubtedly read about the passage of a number of state and international laws addressing privacy and cybersecurity. Does this mean that...more

Trends in Privacy Laws Around the U.S.: A Look at the Pending N.C. Consumer Privacy Act

Cranfill Sumner LLP on 5/11/2022

Data privacy legislation has picked up steam across the nation in recent years. California, Colorado, and Virginia are among many states that have recently passed data privacy laws. Many other states, including North...more

California Privacy Protection Agency Signals Delay for Final CPRA Rules and California AG Conducts CCPA Investigative Sweep

Dechert LLP on 2/28/2022

California Privacy Protection Agency Indicates Delay for Final CPRA Regulations The California Privacy Protection Agency (“Agency”) was established by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (“CPRA”)....more

2021 Data Privacy Overview: New Regulations and Guidance

Lighthouse on 1/12/2022

While everyone hoped that 2021 would be less tumultuous than 2020, it certainly did not turn out that way in the end. The same was true in the world of data privacy – with sweeping new data protection regulations and guidance...more

California Privacy Protection Agency Issues Invitation for Preliminary Comments on Proposed Rulemaking Under the California...

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 9/29/2021

The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA), the newly formed state agency responsible for implementing the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), recently posted its first invitation for public comment on proposed...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - August 2021 #3

Robinson & Cole LLP on 8/24/2021

CYBERSECURITY - T-Mobile Clarifies Facts of Security Incident in Press Release - There has been a flurry of reporting in the past few days on the T-Mobile customer data compromise, with allegations that the compromise...more

$2.35 Million Settlement in Dickey’s Barbecue Data Breach Class Action

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 8/20/2021

This week, a proposed data breach class action against Dickey’s Barbecue Restaurants Inc. was settled for $2.35 million in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas with approval of the settlement terms by...more

Compliance With Data Privacy Laws: Are You Prepared for Data Requests That Implicate Slack?

Hanzo on 7/28/2021

In the last few years, data privacy laws and regulations have been big news. Much of the coverage—including one of our recent blog posts—concerned website compliance. Companies scrambled to post notices and forms on their...more

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

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