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The California Consumer Privact Act (CCPA), effective January 1, 2020, enhances privacy rights and consumer protections of California residents. Follow this channel for latest guidance and updates on the CCPA,... more +
The California Consumer Privact Act (CCPA), effective January 1, 2020, enhances privacy rights and consumer protections of California residents. Follow this channel for latest guidance and updates on the CCPA, including implications for business conducting business in California.  less -
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23andMe Hack: The Legal Fallout From the Breach and What it Means in PA

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In October of 2023, a hacker claimed online that they had 23andMe users’ profile information. We know this as a result of 23andMe’s required statement to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on December 1, 2023. ...more

Fisher Phillips

Comprehensive FAQs on the CCPA

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The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) has created compliance challenges across the country for businesses – but they often stem from the fact that businesses are confused about some of the law’s basic principles. This...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

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

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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

Proskauer on Privacy

Going Beyond HIPAA – Washington Health Privacy Law Enacted: Broad Reach, Amorphous Scope, Big Litigation Risk

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The Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) has long been described as the floor for health care privacy laws and that states and regulators are free to enact more restrictive health care privacy laws....more

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Utah Poised to Become Fourth State with General Privacy Law

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Utah is poised to become the fourth state to enact comprehensive consumer privacy legislation, following California, Virginia, and Colorado. Earlier this month, Utah's legislature passed the Utah Consumer Privacy Act (S.B....more

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Status Of Proposed CCPA-Like State Privacy Legislation As Of May 3, 2021

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Keypoint: This week Florida came close to passing a bill before it died on the final day of the legislative session; committees in Colorado and Alaska scheduled hearings on their bills for May 5; and the Connecticut bill was...more

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[Podcast] 2020 CCPA Litigation Report – Analyzing the First Year of Litigation

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In this episode, Akin Gump cybersecurity, privacy and data protection practice co-heads Natasha Kohne and Michelle Reed, and counsel Molly Whitman discuss the firm’s new 2020 CCPA Litigation Annual Report and its...more

Fisher Phillips

Florida Aims To Mirror California’s CCPA With Proposed Data Privacy Legislation

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Florida is currently considering data privacy legislation that would require covered businesses to implement comprehensive policies and procedures to provide privacy rights to consumers. The proposed legislation, House Bill...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

The Ongoing March toward Privacy Law in the US – A State Legislative Roundup

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While we continue to await comprehensive US federal privacy legislation, and following California’s lead with its California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), individual states are stepping up to the plate. Based on what...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

CPRA Series: Redux On Data Security Requirements And Private Right Of Action

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The California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), passed in November, 2020, added to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) an express obligation for covered businesses to adopt reasonable security safeguards to protect personal...more

Perkins Coie

Washington, New York, and Minnesota Introduce New Privacy Laws to Begin the New Year

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It’s a new year and it looks like 2021 is going to be another eventful one for privacy. In the past few weeks, we’ve seen several states introduce new privacy legislation, starting with Washington. On January 5, the...more

Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth

Dismissal Of Marriott Data Breach Lawsuit Shows How Plaintiffs Still Face Standing Hurdles In The Post-CCPA Era

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After the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) took effect on January 1, 2020, a surge of class action lawsuits predicated on alleged CCPA violations hit businesses.  Because of the act’s novelty, it was unclear whether...more

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Class Action Suits Attempt To Stretch Consumers’ Ability To Sue For CCPA Violations

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The CCPA’s Private Right Of Action - The CCPA gives consumers several new “Privacy Rights”—such as the right to know how their personal information is collected, used and shared, the right to request deletion of their...more

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CCPA Litigation Round-Up: Q3 & Q4 2020

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It has been a full year since the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) took effect at the top of 2020. In the cases filed in the second half of the year, the complaints more frequently assert a violation of the CCPA as a...more

Fenwick & West LLP

California Privacy Rights Act Passes: Five Tips to Help Companies Prepare for California’s New, New Thing!

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The California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) passed by ballot measure in November 2020. While it does not repeal the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which became effective in January 2020, it does change and augment CCPA...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Arbitration Agreements in Privacy Disputes: The Wyze Decision and the CCPA

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Earlier this year, a number of individuals brought a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington against Washington-based company Wyze Labs, Inc (Wyze), which manufactures “smart” home...more

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The Murky Waters of the CCPA's Private Right of Action: Real and Perceived Ambiguities Complicating Litigation

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The California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) gives individuals the right to seek statutory damages against a business in limited circumstances involving the CCPA’s reasonable security obligation. See Cal. Civ. Code §...more

Kilpatrick

CCPA 2.0: California Privacy Laws Continue to Take Center Stage

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On November 3, 2020, California voters passed Proposition 24, the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”). The provision’s timeline is important to consider. The law would become effective on January 1, 2023 with enforcement...more

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CCPA 2.0 Passes: The California Privacy Rights Act To Become Law

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On November 3, 2020, California voters convincingly approved the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”) ballot initiative. The CPRA builds upon and amends the California Consumer Protection Act (“CCPA”), aligning it more with...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Insights for Insurers

Is New York’s New Consumer Privacy Bill a Bridge Too Far?

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Navigating the ever changing waters of consumer privacy could become much more challenging if the “It’s Your Data Act” (IYDA) is passed in New York. Some provisions of the proposed law may apply to any person or business,...more

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Proposition 24: California’s Ever-Evolving Privacy Landscape

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Next Tuesday is election day, and this year, California voters are deciding whether to support another statewide privacy initiative – the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) (Proposition 24). This measure would expand on...more

BCLP

California Extends Employee and B2B Exemptions under the CCPA

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Governor Gavin Newson signed into law AB 1281 on September 29, 2020. The bill amends Section 1798.145 of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), but it only becomes operational if voters do not approve a ballot initiative...more

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The CCPA Is Here: What Financial Institutions Need to Know about the California Consumer Privacy Act

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As of January 1, 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) is now the law of the land, having gone into effect at the beginning of this year. One of the more complex issues concerning the CCPA pertains to the...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

The CCPA’s “B2B” Exemption Is Also Extended By Governor Newsom

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By signing AB 1281 into law on September 29th, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom amended the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) to extend until January 1, 2022, not only the current exemption on employee personal...more

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Healthtech and FinTech Security a Focus of Recent CCPA Litigation and Enforcement

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As anticipated by many experts in the field, the data security-focused private right of action under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) has resulted in claims alleging potential unauthorized access. FinTech data...more

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