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Location, Location, Location: California Attorney General Investigative Sweep and State Law Proposal Target Location Data

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On March 10, the California attorney general’s office announced an “ongoing investigative sweep into the location data industry” (“investigative sweep”) for compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act’s (“CCPA”)...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

Happy Halloween: RIP to the HIPAA Privacy Rule?

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As we settle into spooky season, let’s take a minute to consider a recent development in health care privacy as we ask ourselves, is this a trick or a treat?...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Enzo Biochem Inc. Reaches Settlement With Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York AGs Over 2023 Data Breach

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Molecular diagnostics company Enzo Biochem, Inc. has reached settlements resolving investigations in relation to a 2023 data breach by the attorneys general (AG) for Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York. Enzo has agreed to...more

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Minnesota Enacts the Latest State Privacy Law – HF 4757 / SF 4782

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On May 24, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) signed the Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act (MCDPA) into law. The MCDPA largely aligns with previous state consumer privacy laws, but it introduces some significant and novel...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

No Money, Mo’ Problems: DoorDash CCPA Enforcement Action Emphasizes Personal Information “Sales” Aren’t All About the Benjamins

The California Attorney General (“AG”) recently delivered (pun very much intended) a public CCPA enforcement action against DoorDash, its second following the 2022 settlement with Sephora. The DoorDash action stems from a...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

Bad Medicine: 5 Lessons from the Connecticut AG’s Report on CTDPA Cure Notices

On February 1, 2024, the Connecticut Office of the Attorney General (“OAG”) issued a Report to the General Assembly’s General Law Committee (“Report”), summarizing the OAG’s enforcement efforts during six months since the...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Update on Connecticut’s Consumer Privacy Law: How Has it Been Enforced?

The Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CDPA), which became effective on July 1, 2023, provides Connecticut residents with certain rights over their personal information and establishes responsibilities and privacy protection...more

Cozen O'Connor

This is Not a Drill: Payment Software Testing Inadvertently Led to $2.3 Billion in Real Account Withdrawals

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A coalition of fifty AGs settled with payment processor ACI Payments, Inc. and its parent company (collectively, ACI) to resolve allegations that ACI violated state consumer protection laws and regulations when a testing...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

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

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

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Massachusetts AG Issues Telematics Notice Under Right to Repair Law: What Comes Next?

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On June 1, 2023, the Massachusetts Attorney General published the Massachusetts Vehicle Telematics System Notice that new car dealers in Massachusetts must now provide to purchasers of model year 2022 or later vehicles if...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

NYAG Issues Fine Against Law Firm for Data Breach

New York Attorney General Letitia James announced on March 27, 2023 that she had levied a fine against law firm Heidell, Pittoni, Murphy & Bach LLP for failing to secure personal and health information of clients exposing the...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

California AG Announces CCPA Compliance Efforts

The Office of the California Attorney General recently announced that it will initiate an investigative sweep and will start sending letters to businesses about their mobile apps for failure to comply with the California...more

Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth

Navigating the Financial Incentive Requirement of the California Consumer Privacy Act

Since its enactment at the beginning of 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) has garnered a significant amount of attention. The watershed legislation, which is intended to strengthen privacy rights in the state...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

California Attorney General’s Opinion States that Consumers’ Right to Know Includes Inferences

We all know businesses collect our data. But did you know that businesses can draw inferences from those data to determine whether a consumer is married, or is a homeowner, or is a likely voter? Recently, the question arose...more

Morgan Lewis

California Attorney General Proposes Fourth Set of CCPA Regulation Changes

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The California attorney general released a fourth set of proposed modifications to the California Consumer Privacy Act regulations; notable regulatory changes include a new opt-out button for websites and an offline notice of...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Fourth Set of Proposed Modifications to the CCPA Regulations Add an Opt-Out Button for the Sale of Personal Information

On December 11, 2020, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra released the fourth set of proposed modifications to the regulations of the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA). This fourth set of proposed...more

Hogan Lovells

CCPA regulations: Deadline approaching for comments to proposed modifications

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On October 12, the California Attorney General announced a new set of proposed modifications to the CCPA regulations. Although this third set of proposed modifications is relatively brief, they would reinstate some provisions...more

Morgan Lewis

California Attorney General Issues More Proposed CCPA Regulation Changes

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The California attorney general recently published proposed modifications to the operative final regulations to the California Consumer Privacy Act, including notable regulatory changes requested by the attorney general for...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

The California Attorney General's Settlement with Glow: A Wake-Up Call for Consumer Health App Developers

Consumer-directed health apps are experiencing a boom thanks to COVID-19, as consumers seeking to avoid doctors’ office waiting rooms are increasingly relying on apps to measure and maintain their health.  That trend is...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) Regulations Final

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), touted as the toughest privacy act in the country, went into effect on July 1, 2020. Although the enforcement regulations have been tweaked three times during the last year, this...more

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California Consumer Privacy Act Enforcement Series: OAG’s Reaction to CPRA Referendum

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CCPA 2.0: A Refresher - Just as the dust from the CCPA began to settle, on June 24, 2020, the California Secretary of State released a memorandum stating that the California Privacy Rights Act (the “CPRA”), also known as...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

Discovering the Legal Hurdles in Trying to Protect Consumer Internet Privacy: The State of Maine’s Experience

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Due to COVID-19, Maine’s attorney general agreed to delay until August 1, 2020 enforcement of the state’s new internet privacy law, “An Act to Protect the Privacy of Online Customer Information” (Act), which officially went...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

CCPA Enforcement Begins as AG Proposes Rules

Final Regulations to Help Businesses Comply with California Consumer Privacy Act; Ballot Measure Could Expand Privacy Protections - The Attorney General began enforcing the California Consumer Privacy Act, meant to give...more

Morgan Lewis

Statewide CCPA Enforcement Post-Abbott Labs

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The California Consumer Privacy Act authorizes only the state attorney general to enforce the statute, but a pending statutory amendment and a recent California Supreme Court ruling could end up expanding enforcement power to...more

Morgan Lewis

Practical Advice on Privacy: COVID-19 Pandemic Will Not Delay July 1 CCPA Enforcement Date

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Despite the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the California attorney general intends to enforce the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) beginning July 1, 2020, pending the anticipated approval from the California Office of...more

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