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CPPA Holds Preliminary Stakeholder Session on Accessible Deletion Mechanism under Delete Act

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On June 26, 2024, the California Privacy Protection Agency (the “CPPA”) held a stakeholder session to provide information and gather stakeholder input on the CPPA’s mandate to build an accessible deletion mechanism known as...more

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California Privacy Protection Agency Announces Proposed Regulations for Data Broker Registration

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On July 5, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding Data Broker Registration pursuant to Senate Bill 362 (the Delete Act). The Delete Act requires the CPPA to...more

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U.S. Federal Privacy Bill Unveiled

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On April 5, 2024 members of U.S. Congress released a draft bipartisan, bicameral federal privacy bill, the American Privacy Rights Act. In a press release, the stated goal of this legislation is to be “a national data privacy...more

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Declassified Intelligence Community Letters Highlight Importance of Monitoring Outbound Data Flows

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On January 25, 2024, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) released documents that confirm U.S. intelligence agencies are purchasing location and other sensitive personal information from data brokers without the consent of the data...more

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More Privacy, Please – January 2024

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NIST Publishes Report on the Cybersecurity of Genomic Data. On December 20, 2023, the NIST National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) published Final NIST IR 8432, Cybersecurity of Genomic Data. Informed by direction...more

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The State AG Report – 1.11.2024

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Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: • Democratic AGs Support CFPB Proposal to Oversee Digital...more

Miller Nash LLP

FTC’s Most Recent Order Cracks Down on Sharing and Selling Users’ Location Data

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A recent settlement between the FTC and data broker X-Mode Social, Inc. (and its successor company Outlogic) signals the FTC’s growing focus on protecting individuals’ location data privacy, particularly when it comes to...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

FTC alleges data broker company mishandled consumer location data

On January 9, the FTC released a proposed order and complaint against a data broker that sells consumer location data to companies. According to the complaint, which alleges seven violations of the FTC Act, the data broker...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Updates to CCPA Proposed Regulations: Cybersecurity Audits

The California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”) published a revised set of Draft Cybersecurity Audit Regulations ahead of the CPPA Board’s December 8, 2023 meeting. When the CPPA Board met on December 8, several key...more

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing

California Enacts the Delete Act

In October, California enacted its newest privacy legislation, commonly referred to as the “Delete Act” (California Senate Bill No. 362). The Delete Act will allow consumers to request that any data broker that maintains any...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

California’s New DELETE Act Grants Residents Historic New Data Rights

In a key move to further expand consumer data rights, California Gov. Gavin Newson signed The Delete Act (S.B. 362) (the Act) into law on October 10, 2023. The Act amends California’s data broker registration law (Cal. Civ....more

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With the Delete Act, California Enacts Another Groundbreaking Privacy Law

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The Situation: California has enacted a groundbreaking new privacy law aimed at data brokers—entities that sell information about consumers with whom they do not have a direct relationship. Under the Delete Act (SB 362), data...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The California “Delete Act” Becomes Law

On October 10, 2023, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed SB 362 into law. The “Delete Act” is a key piece of privacy legislation designed to further protect consumer online privacy rights and place further obligations on data...more

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California Takes an Aggressive Approach to Regulating Data Brokers

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The Delete Act (SB 362), signed into law by California Gov. Gavin Newsom on October 10, imposes additional disclosure and registration requirements on data brokers. It requires data brokers to support deletion requests...more

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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

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California’s Delete Act – Key Takeaways for Data Brokers

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On Tuesday, October 10, 2023, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 362, also known as the Delete Act, which amends certain aspects of California’s existing Data Broker Registration law. By January 1, 2026,...more

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California’s Delete Act Has Passed: What’s in It?

On October 10, Governor Newsom signed SB 362, a law requiring any business that meets the definition of “data broker” to provide detailed disclosures about its practices, register with the state and delete any personal...more

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5 Biggest Questions for the Data Collection Industry as California Passes The Delete Act

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California lawmakers recently passed a law that would expand data broker registration requirements and make it easier for consumers to be “forgotten.” The Delete Act, which would amend the state’s existing Data Broker...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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MintzTech Connect Industry News: Spotlight on mePrism

Google yourself. Why? You should know what is out there. You will find numerous companies selling personal information about you and your family to anyone who wants it. This is the same information that gets traded on the...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

California’s Proposed “Delete Act” Would Create a ‘Do Not Sell’ List for Data Brokers

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California continues to be at vanguard of data privacy rights. The latest effort by California legislators to protect consumer privacy rights focuses on data brokers, who under the proposed California Senate Bill 362, aka...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

CFPB looking at privacy implications of worker surveillance

On June 20, the CFPB released a statement announcing it will be “embarking on an inquiry into the data broker industry and issues raised by new technological developments.” The Bureau requested information in March about...more

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Congress Proposes Legislation Aimed at Data Brokers and Health Information

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On June 15, 2022, Senator Elizabeth Warren introduced Senate Bill S.4408, Health and Location Data Privacy Act of 2022 (the “Bill”). The Bill, co-sponsored with Senators Ron Wyden, Patty Murray, Sheldon Whitehouse, and Bernie...more

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