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Massachusetts Ballot Initiative Raises Privacy and Data Security Concerns for Connected Devices

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On November 3, Massachusetts voters approved the adoption of a ballot measure amending state law to require auto manufacturers to facilitate access to and sharing of an expanded set of user data with independent repair shops....more

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The California Privacy Rights Act Has Passed: What’s in It?

On November 3, 2020, Californians voted to approve Proposition 24, a ballot measure that creates the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). The CPRA amends and expands the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)—California’s...more

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2020 Ballot Initiatives Affect Tech Industry

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Privacy, the gig economy, and access to digital information in our cars were all issues on ballots Tuesday for direct response of the voters. U.S. technology companies will be affected by the results of these propositions. ...more

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Businesses Nationwide Face New Privacy Obligations Thanks To California Vote

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Californians just passed a ballot measure that will soon expand the nation’s most stringent data privacy law – and it will have an impact on employers across the country. By voting in favor of Proposition 24 – the California...more

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CPRA is Coming - Prop 24 Passes

Before businesses can even breathe a sigh of relief for getting into compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), they will now need to gear up for yet another first-of-its-kind privacy law in the form of the...more

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California’s Proposition 24 – CCPA 2.0 Meets the California GDPR

Proposition 24 is known as the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA). It is on the ballot in California on November 3, and if it passes it will amend and expand certain provisions of the California Consumer Privacy Act...more

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California Privacy Law on the Ballot: What to Expect on California’s Upcoming Ballot Initiative to Expand and Amend the CCPA

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Next month, California voters will cast their votes on Proposition 24, a ballot initiative that, if passed, will enact the California Privacy Rights and Enforcement Act of 2020 (CPRA). The CPRA would significantly amend the...more

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Voters Could Revamp the California Consumer Privacy Act With Proposition 24

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For the past two years, businesses have been scrambling to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”)—the first comprehensive data privacy law in the United States with broad extraterritorial reach. This was a...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - October 2020 #3

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CYBERSECURITY - Patching Gets More and More Complicated but Is Critical for Managing Risk - Patching vulnerabilities has always been challenging, but these days, it is getting more and more complicated as...more

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CCPA 2.0 Makes the Ballot! What’s Next for the California Privacy Rights Act?

On June 25, 2020, Californians for Consumer Privacy announced the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (“CPRA”) officially qualified for California’s November 2020 ballot. We previously provided guidance here about what the...more

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California Privacy Rights Act to Appear on November 2020 Ballot

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It’s official. The California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) has received enough valid signatures to appear on the November 2020 ballot. And if polling from late last year remains accurate, California voters are likely to approve...more

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CCPA 2.0 Announces Key Signature Threshold for Ballot Initiative

The organization known as Californians for Consumer Privacy announced yesterday that it successfully secured enough signatures to qualify adding the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”) to the state’s November 2020 ballot....more

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California AG Releases Title And Summary Of CCPA 2.0 Ballot Measure

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California Attorney General Xavier Becerra released the title and summary for the CCPA 2.0 ballot initiative, the California Privacy Rights Act....more

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New California Ballot Initiative Contemplates Stricter Privacy Requirements

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A new California privacy ballot initiative has been introduced by real estate developer and privacy rights advocate, Alastair Mactaggart. This new ballot initiative, titled The California Privacy Rights and Enforcement Act of...more

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Déjà Vu All Over Again: New California Ballot Initiative Could Expand Privacy Obligations

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On September 25, 2019, Alastair Mactaggart, the founder of Californians for Consumer Privacy, the organization responsible for the ballot initiative that led to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), filed an initiative...more

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New California Ballot Initiative Aims to Toughen Up CCPA

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On September 25, Alastair Mactaggart, a real estate developer and founder and chair of Californians for Consumer Privacy, announced that he formally filed an initiative to appear on the November 2020 ballot, titled the...more

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Privacy Activists Pushing a New California Ballot Initiative to Adopt a More Onerous Version of the CCPA

Alastair Mactaggart, the real estate developer who led the push for the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), is at it again. Mactaggart and his organization, Californians for Consumer Privacy, have submitted a new ballot...more

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California Approves the California Consumer Privacy Act in Response to Consumer Privacy Ballot Initiative

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As discussed in this blog’s June 4, 2018 blog post, a group called Californians for Consumer Privacy gathered enough signatures for a new measure called the Consumer Right to Privacy Act to qualify for the November 2018...more

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BREAKING: California Governor Signs Sweeping New Privacy Legislation

Governor Brown and California legislators enacted far-reaching consumer privacy and data security protections today in a deal to avoid a deeply flawed privacy initiative being placed on the ballot for voters in November....more

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California Consumer Privacy Bill Fast-Tracked to Replace November Ballot Initiative

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On June 22, California lawmakers announced Assembly Bill 375, a broad-based consumer privacy bill that is intended to serve as an alternative to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), a far-reaching consumer privacy...more

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California Voters Likely to Consider Enacting GDPR-Like Privacy Law in November

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With more than double the number of required signatures well ahead of the verification deadline late this month, the citizen-initiated measure "The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018" appears headed for the statewide...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - May 2018 #4

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CYBERSECURITY - South Carolina Enacts Insurance Data Security Act - South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster signed the South Carolina Insurance Data Security Act into law on May 3, 2018. The law, parts of which become...more

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Sponsors Drop California Ballot Initiative Intended to Transform Privacy Class Actions

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Recent reports have circulated regarding a California ballot initiative that, if successful, might have marked the second time California would have caused a national shift in privacy law. Just 10 years ago, California...more

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