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State AGs Step Up Privacy Enforcement

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With attention on Democratic Attorneys General vowing to fill the void left by weakened federal regulators, and perhaps a more partisan divide on enforcement generally, a bipartisan consensus is quietly emerging in the states...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

California Privacy Protection Agency Begins Investigative Sweep into Location Data Collection under CCPA

The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) the agency responsible for implementing and enforcing the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) (collectively the CCPA), protecting...more

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Privacy Implications of Real-Time Bidding – Lessons From the Mobilewalla Enforcement Action

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With advances in digital technology and consumers’ insatiable appetite for “free” content, the advertising technology industry (AdTech) has played a crucial role in delivering highly personalized ad campaigns to consumers...more

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Proposed State Privacy Law Update: February 10, 2025

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Keypoint: It was a very active week with movement on numerous bills, in particular in Virginia, as well as new bills introduced across the country. Below is the fifth weekly update on the status of proposed state privacy...more

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Texas Files First Privacy Law Enforcement Action

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On January 13, 2025, Texas Attorney General’s Office filed its first lawsuit enforcing the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (“TDPSA”). The law went into effect on July 1, 2024. The complaint also states claims under Texas’...more

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FTC Cracks Down on Selling Sensitive Location Info, Restricts Use of Consumer Data for 1st Time

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced two significant enforcement actions last week – one against data broker Mobilewalla, Inc. and the other against data analytics provider Gravy Analytics, Inc. (and its subsidiary...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

California’s Privacy Regulatory Odyssey Continues: Formal CCPA Rulemaking on the Horizon Amidst Expanded Data Broker Requirements

On November 8, 2024, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) Board met to discuss and vote on various proposed California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations related to cybersecurity audits, automated...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

California agency announces sweep on data broker compliance

On October 30, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) announced an investigative sweep to ensure data brokers comply with the Delete Act. Effective January 1, the Delete Act requires parties to register by January 31...more

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3 New State Privacy Regulations Take Effect on July 1, 2024, With Federal Legislation Still on the Horizon: Are You Ready to...

With state privacy laws continuing to increase, will the federal American Privacy Rights Act be adopted? Over 18 states have now enacted comprehensive state privacy laws, three of which go into effect on July 1, 2024, in...more

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Auction of Personal Data: Clarification of the Concepts of Personal Data and Data Controller

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On 7 March 2024, the Court of Justice of the European Union issued a ruling (C-604/22 | IAB Europe) clarifying the concepts of personal data and controller in the context of the use of a Transparency and Consent Framework...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

New Federal Data Broker Restrictions Signed into Law

The recent omnibus foreign relations package signed by President Biden on April 24, 2024, includes the Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 (the Act), a set of sweeping privacy provisions...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Congress Proposes New Comprehensive Privacy Legislation: The American Privacy Rights Act

On April 7, 2024, Representative Cathy McMorris Rogers (R-WA) and Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) announced that Congress will once again consider a comprehensive federal data privacy bill that, if passed, would dramatically...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

GDPR – Company Fined for Improper Data Collection

The French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) recently imposed a EUR 310,000 fine, representing 1% of its turnover, on FORIOU, a telemarketing company promoting loyalty programs. The fine stemmed from FORIOU’s use of...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

FTC's Sensitive Location Privacy Collection and Sale Expectations: Insights From Data Broker Settlements (and 10 Action Items to...

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Following several years of investigating the common practices in the space, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reached its first settlement with a data broker over the alleged collection and sale of location information that...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

California Enacts One-Stop Mechanism for Data Broker Deletion Requests

California residents may soon be able to click “backspace” on data brokers doing business in the state. On October 10, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 362, colloquially known as the Delete Act, into...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

California Delete Act: An Aggressive New Approach to Regulating Data Brokers

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On October 10, Governor Newsom signed the Delete Act ( SB 362) into law, which amends California's current data broker law to impose extensive additional disclosure and registration requirements on data brokers, and to...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

New California Law Imposes Regulations on Data Brokers

This week, California’s governor signed a first-in-the-nation law that will impose new regulations on data brokers, requiring such entities to delete personal data pursuant to consumer requests. Data brokers specialize in...more

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Dechert Cyber Bits - Issue 41

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FTC Finalizes Settlement with 1Health.io For Allegations It Failed to Protect Customers’ DNA Data - On September 6, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission’s agreement with the genetic testing firm 1Health.io Inc. – formerly...more

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Announces Sweeping Rulemaking for Companies That Collect and Furnish Personal Data

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On August 15, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB") announced it was launching a rulemaking aimed at subjecting any company or entity that collects and sells consumer data to the Fair Credit Reporting Act...more

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White House to Host Meeting on Data Brokering Industry as CFPB Promises New Regulations

The White House hosted a roundtable meeting Tuesday on the data brokering industry as a part of an administration-wide push toward strengthening America’s consumer privacy landscape. The meeting brought together researchers,...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

In 2024 Oregon Will Join Short List of States Requiring Data Broker Registration

Oregon recently joined Vermont and California as the third state requiring data broker registration before collecting, selling, or licensing “brokered personal data.” Several types of entities are exempt from the law. These...more

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Oregon Becomes the Fourth State to Enact a Data Broker Law

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Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed into law the Bill Relating to Registration of Business Entities that Qualify as Data Brokers (HB 2052) (the “Act”) on July 27, 2023.  Effective January 1, 2024, the Act will require data...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Oregon enacts registration requirements for data brokers

On July 27, the governor of Oregon signed HB 2052 (the “Act”) into law, effective upon passage. The Act provides that a “data broker” cannot collect, sell or license brokered personal data within Oregon unless they first...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Texas enacts data broker requirements

The Texas governor recently signed SB 2105 (the “Act”) to regulate data brokers operating in the state. The Act defines a “data broker” as “a business entity whose principal source of revenue is derived from the collecting,...more

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CFPB Requests Information About Data Brokers for Planned Rulemaking

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced on March 15, 2023, that it is issuing a Request for Information (RFI) about the business practices of data brokers, which the agency said will assist it in “planned...more

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