California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Websites

That’s the Way the Cookie Crumbles

Burr & Forman on 9/13/2024

Do you know what cookies your company’s website is using? If not, you likely do not know whether your company’s website is honoring users’ data protection choices involving the use of cookies. You should know and care so your...more

Do Dark Patterns Lurk on Your Website? 4 Steps Businesses Should Take as Regulators Focus on How Privacy Rights Are Presented on...

Fisher Phillips on 9/10/2024

Businesses with a website beware: California regulators just warned that the law prohibits your website from making website users jump through hoops or otherwise confusing them as they try to exercise their privacy rights,...more

Recent CIPA decisions suggest website privacy class actions will continue

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 9/6/2024

Companies should brace for another surge in California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) claims after two federal court decisions may encourage plaintiffs to file even more claims relating to website analytics tools. No industry...more

Disclosure of Data Through Website Cookies May Be a Data Breach – What A Recent Court Ruling Means for Healthcare Businesses

Fisher Phillips on 8/14/2024

A California federal court recently ruled that disclosure of certain data collected through website cookies that may qualify as health information could trigger a data breach under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) –...more

Dechert Cyber Bits - Issue 58

Dechert LLP on 7/19/2024

SEC Issues New Guidance as to 8-K Disclosures Relating to Cybersecurity Incidents - On June 27, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued new guidance on the agency’s guidelines for cybersecurity...more

Criminalizing the Internet – Websites as ‘Trap and Trace Devices’ Under CIPA

ArentFox Schiff on 6/7/2024

Have you recently visited a plaintiff lawyer’s website? If so, then you may be entitled to compensation under the most contrived California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) theory yet. ...more

California Trap & Trace Class Actions on the Rise in the Age of Website Trackers

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 4/26/2024

Future LLC, a magazine and website publisher and owner of the TechRadar.com website, faces allegations that it collected website visitors’ IP addresses without consent in violation of the California Invasion of Privacy Act...more

No Money, Mo’ Problems: DoorDash CCPA Enforcement Action Emphasizes Personal Information “Sales” Aren’t All About the Benjamins

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP on 3/13/2024

The California Attorney General (“AG”) recently delivered (pun very much intended) a public CCPA enforcement action against DoorDash, its second following the 2022 settlement with Sephora. The DoorDash action stems from a...more

Workplace Law Update: 10 Essential Items on Your March To-Do List

Fisher Phillips on 3/4/2024

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law, especially since the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace. In order to ensure you stay on top of the latest changes and have an action plan...more

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

What Real Estate Businesses Need to Know About Using Website Tracking Technologies

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 1/26/2024

Real estate businesses frequently operate multiple websites. These may include corporate websites, websites for each of their properties, and websites for their apps and ancillary service offerings. To maximize the...more

California Privacy Protection Agency Launches New Website with Privacy Rights Resources

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 1/26/2024

Last week, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) launched a new website dedicated to providing resources to California residents about their privacy rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The...more

CPPA Votes in Favor of Web Browser

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 12/22/2023

Last week, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) voted in favor of a legislative proposal that would require web browsers to include a feature that allows web users the ability to exercise their privacy rights under...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

Websites: A Growing Compliance Concern – CCPA, HIPAA, Accessibility, State Laws…(Updated)

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 4/6/2023

Websites play a vital role for organizations. They facilitate communication with consumers, constituents, patients, employees, donors, and the general public. They project an organization’s image and promote goodwill, provide...more

Four Key Considerations for Implementing the California Age-Appropriate Design Code

Perkins Coie on 3/31/2023

Since 1998, the Children’s Online Protection Act (COPPA) has governed how websites directed to children in the United States must approach data privacy for individuals under age 13. COPPA focuses mostly on the collection,...more

One More Thing from 2022 with Team LISI

Legal Internet Solutions Inc. on 1/6/2023

Hey, podcast listeners. I am Taryn Elliott, director of client success and marketing at LISI, and this is LISI’s All the Things podcast. Team LISI is in the hot seat for this month’s episode of One More Thing. Robyn Addis,...more

The Rise Of The Self-Tapping Website? State Wiretapping Class Actions Take Off After Two Recent Circuit Court Decisions

ArentFox Schiff on 12/20/2022

The second half of 2022 saw a wave of class action litigation under state wiretapping laws against website operators that use widely deployed online technologies, such as chatboxes and session replay software....more

End-of-Year Website Audit Recommended to Ensure CPRA Compliance

Clark Hill PLC on 12/12/2022

As the year ends, privacy and legal departments have a final opportunity to audit external facing privacy statements and other website practices to ensure compliance with the California privacy law amendments which come into...more

Minor Keys: Major Takeaways from New California Online Children’s Privacy Law

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP on 11/2/2022

The California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (the “Act”) recently became law and includes a number of online privacy-related requirements related to individuals under the age of 18. The statute is similar to, and expressly...more

Privacy litigation trend: Session replay software targeted under state anti-wiretapping statutes

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 10/25/2022

Recently, US companies are experiencing a surging wave of consumer class action lawsuits alleging businesses and their software providers are violating state anti-wiretapping statutes and invading consumers’ privacy rights...more

Amendment to CMIA Regarding Mental Health and Mental Health Apps

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 9/29/2022

California passed Assembly Bill (AB) 2089, which amends the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA) to include mental health application information under the definition of medical information....more

California DOJ Treats Data Transfers for Website Analytics as a Sale in First CCPA Settlement

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 9/16/2022

Do you use Google Analytics? Do you tell consumers that you do not sell personal information? If you answered yes to both of those questions, then this alert is for you! The California attorney general recently took the...more

Sephora Settles with California AG for $1.2M for Alleged CCPA Violations Relating to Third-Party Cookies and User-Enabled Opt-Out...

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 9/14/2022

On August 24, 2022, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a settlement with Sephora for violations of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The action places online consumer tracking, analytics and advertising...more

DOJ (Finally) Releases Website ADA Accessibility Guidance – But Still No Clear Rules

ArentFox Schiff on 4/7/2022

Over half a decade after the industry developed its own standards in light of a lack of meaningful guidance from regulators, the Department of Justice recently issued a guidance document on compliance with the Americans with...more

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