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Happy Privacy Day: Emerging Issues in Privacy, Cybersecurity, and AI in the Workplace

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 1/29/2025

As the integration of technology in the workplace accelerates, so do the challenges related to privacy, cybersecurity, and the ethical use of artificial intelligence (AI). Human resource professionals and in-house counsel...more

Importance of Protecting Employee Information as Privacy and Cybersecurity Laws Proliferate

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 10/3/2023

Most human resources professionals are concerned about the privacy and security of the vast amounts of personal information they manage. This article discusses steps to consider taking against the challenges. Deluge of...more

Investigative Sweep of Employers’ CCPA Compliance by the California Attorney General

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 8/4/2023

The California Attorney General recently announced an initiative to investigate employers’ non-compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act/California Privacy Rights Act (collectively the CCPA)....more

Employers Beware–Attorney General Announces Sweep Targeting Employee Data

Payne & Fears on 7/25/2023

Attorney General’s Sweep - On July 14, 2023, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced an “investigative sweep” focused on the employee data of certain, unnamed large employers in the state....more

Top 5 Takeaways from CPPA Meeting on July 14, 2023

BakerHostetler on 7/24/2023

On Friday, July 14, 2023, on the heels of the California Attorney General’s (AG) announcement seeking information from California employers on their compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the California...more

Processing employees' Data Access Requests ("DARs") under the CCPA

Greenberg Glusker LLP on 2/24/2023

Brief Background - On January 1, 2023, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 ("CCPA") became applicable to the personal information of employees, job applicants, subcontractors, contractors, and others in work roles...more

HR data is now regulated under California privacy law: How to tackle compliance

BCLP on 2/2/2023

2023 will be yet another dynamic year for data privacy regulation. In addition to the data privacy laws in Virginia, Colorado, Utah, and Connecticut going into force this year, businesses also have to contend with the fact...more

California Consumer Privacy Act: Employee and B2B Exemptions Expire January 1, 2023

Morgan Lewis on 10/17/2022

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) exemptions for employee and business-to-business (B2B) personal information have not been extended, further complicating the privacy regulatory landscape for businesses in...more

CPRA Brings Big Changes to Perceived Big Brother Employers

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 9/14/2022

Seyfarth Synopsis: Employers need to be aware and prepare for significant changes to options and rights afforded to employees with respect to their private data and information coming with the California Privacy Rights Act’s...more

Part 2 of BakerHostetler’s Countdown to CPRA - Top 5 FAQs to Evaluate Compliance Strategy for Employees

BakerHostetler on 4/1/2022

In Part 1 of BakerHostetler’s Countdown to CPRA blog series, we provided initial guidance to businesses on key California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) compliance readiness considerations. On January 1, 2023, California could...more

Are California Employers Prepared To Navigate California’s Evolving Privacy Law Landscape?

CDF Labor Law LLP on 7/21/2021

Colorado’s and Virginia’s emulation of California by recently enacting comprehensive privacy laws is an important reminder to California employers that the clock is ticking to comply with California’s new privacy regulations....more

Is Your Business Collecting COVID-19-Related Employee Data? If so, You May Need to Update Your CCPA Employee Notice

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 11/25/2020

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) requires businesses covered by the CCPA to notify their employees of the categories of personal information the business collects about employees and the purposes for which the...more

California Update: Governor Signs One Privacy Bill and Vetoes Another

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 10/2/2020

California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed Assembly Bill 1281 to extend the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) “exemptions” for business-to-business (B2B) and employee personal information. The exemption was headed for a...more

The California Consumer Privacy Act Business-to-Business and Human Resources Data Limited Exemptions Extended One More Year

Knobbe Martens on 9/29/2020

The California Legislature has delayed its plans to expand the scope of the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) and make all of its provisions apply to personal information related to business-to-business communications...more

One More Year: Attorney General Issues Final Regulations as CA Legislature Delays Some Compliance Obligations

Proskauer on Privacy on 9/16/2020

Qualifying businesses have another year to complying with certain, major provisions of the CCPA. The CCPA, or the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, is a California law that gives California consumers, defined broadly...more

California Lawmakers Pass Slate of Privacy Legislation

Womble Bond Dickinson on 9/4/2020

The California legislature recently passed a series of privacy-related bills that await Governor Gavin Newsom’s signature. Governor Newsom has until September 30th to sign these bills into law. The legislature in Sacramento...more

California Bill Extending Employment and B2B Compliance Obligations for CCPA Heads to Governor Newsom's Desk

Carlton Fields on 9/3/2020

A bill that would extend California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) compliance obligations for employment information and business-to-business information has passed through both chambers of the California Legislature and has...more

CA Businesses Poised to Have CCPA Compliance Deadline Extended for B2B and Employee Data

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 9/1/2020

The California legislature has passed AB 1281 to the Governor’s desk for signature and, given the absence of legislative opposition, it appears the bill is now well positioned to be signed into law. AB-1281 extends by one...more

CCPA Employee and Business-to-Business Exemptions Passed out of Legislature

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 8/31/2020

The California Legislature has passed AB-1281 over to the Governor’s desk, approving the continuation of an exemption for personal information collected in the employment context and certain information collected in the...more

California Privacy Law Update—CCPA Enforcement Begins July 1, 2020

Greenberg Glusker LLP on 6/29/2020

As previously announced, the California Attorney General’s Office (“Cal AG”) will begin enforcement of the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), which came into effect on January 1, 2020, on July 1st. The Cal AG has...more

COVID-19 and Data Protection Compliance in the US

White & Case LLP on 4/15/2020

Irrespective of your industry, the current COVID-19 pandemic poses a new and unique challenge to organizations, their employees, and their customers. The emergence of COVID-19 has prompted organizations to collect and process...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - March 2020

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 3/31/2020

In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine comments from the California attorney general's office regarding the start date for enforcement of the California Consumer Privacy Act in light of...more

Modifications to CCPA Proposed Regulations Released by California Attorney General

Polsinelli on 2/19/2020

On February 7, 2020, and again on February 10, 2020, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra released modified proposed regulations (“Modified Proposed Regulations”) to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, Cal....more

Recent Changes to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) May Require Employers to Revisit Their Privacy Notice as It Relates...

FordHarrison on 2/18/2020

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which took effect earlier this year, has left many employers in the Golden State scrambling to comply with privacy regulations concerning the collection and use of personal data...more

California Attorney General Releases Modified CCPA Regulations

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 2/13/2020

On February 10, 2020, the California Attorney General’s Office released modified California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations. There are some notable differences in the regulations from the first draft of the...more

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