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In March, 2025, the California Privacy Protection Agency announced a consent order with an auto manufacturer alleging multiple violations of the California Consumer Privacy Act and imposing a $632,500 fine for alleged failure...more
Editor’s Note: The FTC continues to crack down on privacy and cybersecurity, including issuing a new warning to tax preparation companies and entering into a consent decree with 1Health.io. VPPA and BIPA litigation continues...more
INTRODUCTION - As more of our lives and work become digitized, an inherent overlap continues to grow between data privacy and cyber security programs. Think of two similarly sized circles: in the past, data privacy and cyber...more
The Federal Trade Commission recently finalized a long-discussed update to its cybersecurity Safeguards Rule that includes more specific criteria for what financial institutions must implement as part of their information...more
Last month, California Attorney General Rob Bonta released a summary of his office’s enforcement activity under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Although the summary did not include company names, the summary...more
On July 7, 2021, Colorado enacted a new privacy law, titled the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA). The CPA is the third state-level omnibus data privacy law, similar in scope to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the...more
On March 2, the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA) was signed into law, becoming the second comprehensive state privacy law in the United States. The VCDPA reflects core principles from the California Consumer...more
No, with a caveat. The CCPA does not to apply to “personal information collected, processed, sold, or disclosed pursuant to the Gramm Leach Bliley Act (GLBA) and implementing regulations.” The GLBA regulates privacy and...more
The effects of the COVID-19 outbreak are being felt globally as countries and communities around the world ramp up efforts to contain and limit the spread of the virus. Information gathering and sharing are crucial steps in...more
As of January 1, 2020, California became the first state to permit residents whose personal information is exposed in a data breach to seek statutory damages between $100-$750 per incident, even in the absence of any actual...more
On January 1, 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) went into effect. The CCPA applies to a wide range of companies and broadly governs the collection, use and sale of personal information of California...more
Given Broad Definitions, the Law Could Apply to Businesses That Do Not Consider Themselves Data Brokers - While amending the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) last term, the California legislature also passed...more
With The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) set to take effect on January 1, 2020, many firms that collect personal information will need to carefully consider whether the CCPA applies to them, whether they handle...more
The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) will take effect on January 1, 2020, and hedge fund firms may be subject to the CCPA even if they are already compliant with the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), do not have a...more
The CCPA broadly defines the term “sale” as “disclosing” or “making available” personal information “for monetary or other valuable consideration” from one business to another. The CCPA implies that two (or more) entities are...more
Yes. While the CCPA provides a partial exemption for information collected by financial institutions that is subject to the Gramm Leach Bliley Act (e.g., information about individuals who have obtained personal financial...more
The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 ("CCPA") was signed into law on June 28, 2018 and will take effect on January 1, 2020. The enforcement date - the first date on which the Attorney General may bring an enforcement...more