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The 5 Things Every Business Needs to Know About the Modern Consumer Privacy Landscape

Fisher Phillips on 11/13/2024

It’s no longer good enough for your business to have a reactive approach to consumer privacy – you need a proactive strategy to manage compliance, foster consumer trust, and stay competitive in this modern era. While many...more

Careful Data Governance Is a Must Amid Enforcement Focus

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 9/13/2024

Corporations face unprecedented challenges in safeguarding sensitive data and mitigating privacy risks in an era marked by the rapid proliferation of Internet of Things, or IoT, devices....more

My Health, My Data Act: Washington State’s New Health Data Privacy Law Has a Nationwide Reach

Woods Rogers on 5/31/2023

Washington state’s My Health, My Data Act (the Act), signed into law in April 2023, is a broad health data privacy law designed to protect consumer health data that falls outside the scope of HIPAA, such as health-related...more

Florida Proposes New Data Privacy Legislation

Bilzin Sumberg on 2/23/2021

On February 15, 2021, Florida introduced House Bill 969, aimed at consumer privacy protection. A prior attempt last year by the Florida legislature to pass similar legislation failed to become law....more

Sensitive Personal Information – What Is It and What Does It Mean for California Privacy Rights Act Compliance?

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 11/13/2020

The California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) expands the definition of personal information as it currently exists in the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The CPRA adds “sensitive personal information” as a defined term,...more

California Passes Prop 24 to Amend and Expand Consumers’ Privacy Rights

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP on 11/12/2020

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) created groundbreaking new rules for how businesses must handle California consumers’ personal data and spurred proposals for similar legislation across the country. ...more

California Approves Even Tougher Privacy Laws

Morgan Lewis on 11/11/2020

A majority of California voters approved the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA) on November 3. The CPRA expands provisions of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), creates new consumer privacy rights,...more

CPRA – What This Means for Your Business

Polsinelli on 11/10/2020

On November 3, 2020, Californians voted to pass Proposition 24, which modifies and expands the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), which came into force on January 1 of this year. The new California Privacy Rights Act...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - November 2020

Robinson & Cole LLP on 11/6/2020

CYBERSECURITY - The GEO Group Hit with Ransomware Attack - The GEO Group, Inc. (GEO), a publicly-held company located in Boca Raton, Florida, announced on November 3, 2020, that it is beginning to notify individuals...more

California’s Proposition 24 Passed – What Does It Mean for Your Business?

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 11/6/2020

According to the Los Angeles Times and other media outlets, Californians passed Proposition 24, also known as the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA). With 71.61 percent of precincts reporting, the measure passed...more

California Would Like a Word with Florida Man: Hands off our data, dude.

Lowndes on 11/6/2020

Earlier this year the California Consumer Protection Act took effect. At its heart, the CCPA is a privacy law granting California citizens the right to control the personal data companies collect even after collected....more

Substantial New Privacy Obligations for California Employers: The California Privacy Rights and Enforcement Act of 2020 Passes at...

Littler on 11/6/2020

Less than a year after the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) went into effect, California’s electorate approved a ballot measure that will substantially expand the privacy obligations the CCPA imposes on employers. On...more

California voters approve significant CCPA changes

Hogan Lovells on 11/6/2020

California voters have approved the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA or Proposition 24), a new law coming into effect on January 1, 2023 that will significantly amend the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). ...more

[Webinar] Globalization of Data – a Worldwide Lens on Privacy and Cybersecurity - May 26th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT

McDermott Will & Emery on 5/13/2020

With privacy and cybersecurity laws enacted or proposed in well over 100 countries, organizations must understand how to harmonize their cross-border compliance obligations. This webinar will assess the global stature of...more

Data Privacy Bill Introduced in Washington State

Morgan Lewis on 1/29/2020

Washington may be the next state to enact its own data privacy law after a bill was introduced into the Washington State Senate earlier this month. Known as the Washington Privacy Act, the bill’s sponsor, Sen. Reuven Carlyle,...more

Though CCPA Is Now Live, Questions Concerning Its Constitutionality Linger

McDermott Will & Emery on 1/10/2020

As businesses have scrambled to obtain compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in recent months, questions surrounding its constitutionality have arisen. As a broad, sometimes unclear state law that imposes...more

A Sale, or Not a Sale? The Digital Advertising Debate

McDermott Will & Emery on 1/9/2020

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) requires businesses who engage in “sales” of “personal information,” to offer consumers the right to opt out of such sales via a “Do Not Sell My Personal Information” link or button...more

Oregon Senator Introduces Sweeping Legislation to Secure Personal Information and Hold Corporations Accountable

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 10/30/2019

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., recently introduced comprehensive privacy legislation, known as the “Mind Your Own Business Act” (MYOB Act), to provide protections for the private data of Americans and to hold corporate...more

[Webinar] 90 Days to 2020: Are You Ready for the California Consumer Privacy Act to Go Live? - October 8th, 9:00 am PT

BakerHostetler on 10/3/2019

Please join BakerHostetler and Aon’s Cyber Solutions (formerly Stroz Friedberg) for a webinar discussing the impending implementation of the CCPA and tips on what companies may need to do to comply with its far-reaching...more

FTC Issues Landmark $5 Billion Fine Against Facebook

Fox Rothschild LLP on 7/25/2019

Big Picture Takeaways: Facebook faces many detailed requirements for internal and external governance and oversight with extensive reporting requirements...more

The CCPA Has Placed a Mandatory Link on Your Company’s Homepage

Carlton Fields on 6/28/2019

If a company sells personal information of California consumers, then the California Legislature has claimed real estate on its homepage. This article summarizes this new requirement of a “Do Not Sell My Personal Information”...more

New Nevada Privacy Law With “Sale” Opt-Out Right Will Take Effect Before the CCPA

Hogan Lovells on 6/3/2019

Nevada has a new privacy law. On May 29, Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak signed Senate Bill 220 (SB-220) into law, making Nevada the first state to join California in granting consumers the right to opt out of the sale of their...more

Like a Butterfly, Will the CCPA Continue to Evolve?

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/29/2019

California legislators have passed many bills to amend the California Consumer Protection Act since the law was passed. Last week there was significant developments in the status of those bills, as we reported. In addition to...more

Proposed Amendment to CCPA Could Provide Reprieve for AdTech Industry

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 4/22/2019

On Tuesday, the California Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing to discuss SB-753, which, if adopted, would carve out from the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)’s definition of “sale” certain data sharing for...more

With More Than 8 Billion Things, Where Are the IoT Privacy Laws?

Foley & Lardner LLP on 4/5/2019

No one knows for sure how many "things" are connected to the Internet, but the Federal Trade Commission reported last year that it was more than 8 billion, and that it would exceed 20 billion by the end of 2020! Astonishing...more

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