California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Preemption

Tribal Privacy Codes: Establishing Self-Governance in the Post-Internet Age

BakerHostetler on 8/29/2023

Recent trends in privacy legislation, including the passage of California Consumer Privacy Act, more commonly referred to as the CCPA, as well as copycat laws in at least nine other states, make clear the intention of state...more

Amidst Flurry of State Proposals, Congress Holds Hearing on ADPPA

WilmerHale on 3/6/2023

On March 1st, the Innovation, Data, & Commerce Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee subcommittee held a hearing titled “Promoting U.S. Innovation & Individual Liberty through a National Standard for Data...more

Colorado Releases Proposed Privacy Rules, Further Complicating National Compliance Landscape

Holland & Knight LLP on 10/5/2022

The Colorado Department of Law filed a set of proposed rules to implement the Colorado Privacy Act (Draft CO Rules) on Sept. 29, 2022, foreshadowing additional compliance obligations that businesses will have to strive to...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

California Privacy Protection Agency Holds Special Meeting to Discuss the ADPPA

WilmerHale on 8/11/2022

On July 28, 2022, the California Privacy Protection Agency (the “Agency”) held a special meeting (the “Meeting”) to discuss and act on the proposed federal privacy legislation, the American Data Protection and Privacy Act...more

Congress Proposes Bipartisan and Bicameral Comprehensive Privacy Legislation

WilmerHale on 6/8/2022

Last week, Representatives Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS) released a draft federal privacy proposal titled the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA). ADPPA is...more

The Past, Present and Future of US Privacy Law

WilmerHale on 7/8/2021

Despite its antecedents in one of the most widely cited law review articles of all time from more than 130 years ago, modern United States privacy law is roughly twenty years old. Even though still in its relative infancy,...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - March 2021 #2

Robinson & Cole LLP on 3/15/2021

CYBERSECURITY - Microsoft Releases Additional Resources for Exchange Flaws and CISA Issues Alert - As we alerted our readers last week, Microsoft announced that its Exchange email servers have been compromised, which is...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - March 2021

Robinson & Cole LLP on 3/12/2021

CYBERSECURITY - Microsoft Releases Additional Resources for Exchange Flaws and CISA Issues Alert - As we alerted our readers last week, Microsoft announced that its Exchange email servers have been compromised, which is...more

Financial Services Report - Spring 2021

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 3/2/2021

Can you say 0 to 60? Not cars, but pretty much everything to do with financial services. A new year, a new administration, and new challenges for providers. Prior CFPB Director Kraninger is long gone. Acting Director Uejio...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

Implications of US laws on collection, storage, and use of biometric information

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 7/17/2020

The past few years have seen dramatic innovations in biometric technology and an accompanying exponential growth in the size of the biometrics industry, in part due to the spread of Internet of Things (IoT), artificial...more

A Decade In Review: Workplace Law In The 2010’s

Fisher Phillips on 1/2/2020

When the calendar turned to January 1, we not only saw the dawn of a new year but the beginning of a new decade. It’s natural, at such a turning point, to spend some time looking back on what has transpired in the past 10...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 Leads the Nation in Privacy Protection, But To Where?

Sunstein LLP on 11/1/2019

The California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA) is scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2020. In recent days: - The Governor of California signed into law seven CCPA amendments, - The California Attorney General...more

CCPA Amendments – What did California Actually Do?

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 10/18/2019

The rush for California to get all of the “rules of the road” ready for next year has seemed to cause a bit of confusion with California’s privacy law. Draft regulations were published the same day the Governor signed into...more

Status Report on Federal Privacy Developments Heading into the Fall

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 9/26/2019

• The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) goes into effect on January 1, 2020. The window of opportunity to pass federal privacy legislation to preempt the CCPA in the 116th Congress is rapidly closing. • Discussions are...more

CCPA Privacy FAQs: Under the CCPA, can a company send mass marketing emails to clients or prospects to invite them to a conference...

BCLP on 9/4/2019

Yes. An invitation to a conference or a trade show is generally considered a commercial solicitation. On the federal level, the CAN-SPAM act does not require prior consent for a commercial email, only that it be clearly...more

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