California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Unfair Competition Law (UCL)

California’s Privacy Laws: Financial and Medical Data, Website Usage, Children’s Data, Data Brokers, and Customer Records

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 2/29/2024

California has a long history of protecting privacy rights. Article I, Section 1, of the California Constitution expressly provides a right of privacy. Recently, the focus has been on compliance with the California Consumer...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

Litigating the CCPA in Court

Holland & Knight LLP on 7/24/2020

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA or Act) went into effect on Jan. 1, 2020. A first-of-its-kind law in the United States, the CCPA grants California residents expansive rights over businesses' collection, use and...more

A New CCPA Data Breach Lawsuit Is “Minted”

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 6/17/2020

Online stationery and craft company Minted Inc. has been hit with a CCPA class action lawsuit, stemming from a massive data breach the company disclosed in late May. The proposed class action lawsuit, filed in a California...more

CCPA Litigation Has Arrived and COVID-19 Will Not Delay Enforcement

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Consumer Crossroads on 4/7/2020

Despite concerns expressed by the business community, enforcement of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) will not be delayed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra recently...more

New CCPA Lawsuit Against Zoom: Issues to Watch

Farella Braun + Martel LLP on 4/7/2020

As large portions of society become subject to coronavirus-related quarantines, increasing numbers of people have turned to web-based communications platforms for classes, meetings, events, and socialization. One such...more

First-Ever CCPA Cause of Action Filed in a Federal Court, but Is This Class Claim Short-Lived?

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 3/30/2020

Although it may not seem like it, there are privacy-related issues to discuss beyond COVID-19. Before the state of emergency, we saw the first complaint under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) filed in a California...more

Evaluating the Insurability of CCPA Fines Assessed by the California Attorney General

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Insights for Insurers on 3/13/2020

The insurability of civil fines imposed by the California Attorney General under the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA" or "the Act") has been an area of significant concern since the CCPA's enactment in 2018. The issue...more

The First Wave of CCPA Class Action Litigation

Fisher Phillips on 3/11/2020

California’s all-inclusive privacy law, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which took effect on January 1, 2020, has already been cited in numerous lawsuits. Over this next year, employers are likely to see lawsuits...more

Companies Face Steep Litigation Risks Under California's New Privacy Law

Jones Day on 2/20/2020

The California Consumer Privacy Act has put businesses at substantial risk of data breach litigation and litigation from technical noncompliance. On January 1, 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA") went into...more

Salesforce Data Breach: Consumers Fight Back

Epiq on 2/19/2020

California continues to lead on data privacy protection. Since the adoption of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), cracking down on data breaches and promoting consumer privacy has remained a priority in the state....more

The Coming Wave of California Consumer Privacy Act Lawsuits

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 2/18/2020

Since the beginning of the year, industry leaders and counsel advising clients on data security issues have held their collective breath in anticipation of the tsunami of California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) lawsuits. The...more

The First Wave of CCPA Allegations Makes Its Way Into a New Data Breach Class Action Against Salesforce and Hanna Andersson

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 2/6/2020

The companies Salesforce.com, Inc. and Hanna Andersson, LLC are on the receiving end of a novel lawsuit, which appears to be the very first data breach class action ever filed with alleged violations of the California...more

Dangerous seas ahead - the California Consumer Privacy Act and litigation risk

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 9/5/2019

While many breathed a sigh of relief when the California legislature provided only a limited private right of action for data breaches under its sweeping new privacy law - the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) -...more

CCPA: Consumers and the Right to Sue

Proskauer - Minding Your Business on 6/3/2019

The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”) is a California privacy law that gives consumers, defined as natural persons residing in California, affirmative rights with respect to their data privacy. Namely, the CCPA...more

Avoiding the California Privacy and Security Litigation Tsunami: CCPA FAQ: Can a company be sued under the CCPA for using...

BCLP on 2/28/2019

Many companies, such as online retailers and social media websites, participate in “behavioral advertising.” To participate in the network, the company places code on its website that permits a third party (the behavioral...more

Forecasting The Future: What to Learn from The Weather Channel App's Geolocation Lawsuit

Williams Mullen on 1/25/2019

The Los Angeles City Attorney has filed a complaint against the company behind The Weather Channel App (the “TWC App”) claiming its collection of geolocation information violates the state's Unfair Competition Law. The...more

California Consumer Privacy Act: The Challenge Ahead – Consumer Litigation and the CCPA: What to Expect

Hogan Lovells on 9/28/2018

This post discusses litigation exposure that businesses collecting personal information about California consumers should consider in the wake of the California Legislature’s passage of the California Consumer Privacy Act of...more

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