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Kentucky’s Consumer Privacy Law Is Coming, But on a Slow Track

Mintz on 1/2/2025

To round out this year’s series on new state consumer privacy laws, we are covering the statute passed by Kentucky earlier this year. Please also keep your eye out for our 2024 round-up article that will be published soon, as...more

California Bill Extends CCPA Exemptions for Personal Information Collected by Employers and Businesses

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 10/5/2020

The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) currently exempts from its provisions certain information collected by a business about a natural person in the course of the person acting as a job applicant, employee,...more

Employers Likely to Receive One-Year Reprieve from Full California Consumer Privacy Act

Littler on 9/4/2020

California’s governor may soon sign into law a one-year delay of the California Consumer Privacy Act’s (CCPA) full application to human resources data. On August 28, 2020, California’s legislature passed A.B. 1281, which...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

Updates for Employers on the California Consumer Privacy Act

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 12/6/2019

Seyfarth Synopsis: California’s Attorney General is drafting regulations that will shape employer obligations under the California Consumer Privacy Act....more

CCPA Amendment Details to Consider

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 11/8/2019

In delving deeply into the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the Amendments recently signed by the California Governor, and the proposed Regulations issued by the California Attorney General, there are some details that...more

California AG Releases Proposed CCPA Implementing Regulations

Troutman Pepper Locke on 10/14/2019

On October 10, the California Attorney General released highly anticipated proposed regulations implementing the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The CCPA, which takes effect on January 1, 2020, provides California...more

Employees Will Be Exempted from Most Requirements of the Amended California Consumer Privacy Act … For Now

Proskauer - California Employment Law on 9/24/2019

In an effort to give consumers more control over the data businesses collect from and about them, the California legislature passed the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in 2018 (and amended it a few months later). The...more

California CCPA Amendment Update: Here’s What Passed

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 9/20/2019

The California legislature passed six amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) that are on their way to Governor Gavin Newsom’s desk. The Governor has until October 13, 2019, to act on the amendments. ...more

The End of the California Legislative Session: Which CCPA Amendments Passed?

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 9/18/2019

With the January 1, 2020 effective date of the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”) rapidly approaching, all eyes have been on the California legislature’s consideration of a robust suite of amendments that would...more

Applying the CCPA to Health Care: The HIPAA Exemption, Exercise Apps, and Marketing Data

Carlton Fields on 9/11/2019

Despite its breadth, California's new privacy law, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), creates an exemption designed around the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). That exemption is...more

Proposed Amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act May Limit Scope of the Act

Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/16/2019

Following the speedy enactment of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA or Act) in June 2018, business and consumer advocates alike have been pressuring California lawmakers to clarify the many ambiguities raised by the...more

Illinois Joins the Fray: Strengthens its Laws Around Data Breach Notification and Data Security

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 6/15/2016

Sophisticated phishing scams and muscular hacking efforts continue to compromise personal and sensitive information held by insurers, hospital systems, and businesses large and small. In response, many states have...more

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