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Though it was not long ago that resolutions of California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) readiness ushered in the new year, ‘tis the season once again to deck the halls with privacy compliance checklists. Retailers doing...more
Keypoint: While the Washington Privacy Act appears poised to pass the Senate, a competing bill introduced in the House of Representatives would require opt-in consent for processing, create an Illinois-like biometric...more
The California Attorney General just proposed a third set of modifications to the regulations implementing the state’s landmark privacy law. The regulations for the California Consumer Privacy Act (the CCPA) had previously...more
As the federal government, state governments, businesses and other entities continue their response efforts related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the privacy and security of consumers’ personal health information remains a top...more
We would be delighted if you'd join us for the second webinar in the data class actions webinar series. When data subjects – the people whose data is at issue – believe the processing of their data has infringed their...more
On March 11, 2020, the California Attorney General, Xavier Becerra, (“California AG”) released a second set of modifications to the proposed regulations pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”). These...more
After much anticipation and trepidation, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) went into effect on January 1, 2020. Many companies are understandably still grappling with the details of the law, the amendments, and the...more
Happy New Year! At long last, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”) went into effect yesterday, January 1, 2020. For those who have not yet heard, the CCPA establishes a comprehensive legal framework to govern...more
The Network Advertising Initiative, which provides guidance to advertisers who engage in personalized advertising, updated its Code of Conduct (2020 Code) earlier this year to address, inter alia, data collected offline and...more
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) gives consumers the right to request that a business (1) respond to the consumer with a list of the categories or specific pieces of personal information that the business has...more
On October 17, 2019, the Hogan Lovells Privacy and Cybersecurity team discussed key elements of the California Attorney General’s proposed regulations implementing certain provisions of the California Consumer Privacy Act...more
Why does this topic matter to organisations? Processing of personal data is lawful only if, and to the extent that, it is permitted under EU data protection law. Each and every data processing activity requires a lawful...more
California recently passed and signed into law a privacy bill that provides California consumers with data protections that share key features with the European Union's GDPR. While not nearly as strict or extensive as the...more
On June 28, 2018, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”). CCPA grants new privacy rights to Californian residents and applies a notice and consent framework to...more
Recently the state of California passed a data privacy and security law called the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) (Assembly Bill 375). The law, which takes effect on January 1, 2020, is aimed at establishing a...more
What You Need to Know Now - • The new law takes effect January 1, 2020, but there’s a lot to do so you need to start work now. • The new law expands the definition of personal information and gives California consumers...more
On June 28, 2018, California passed a new privacy law that is one of the most stringent consumer protection privacy laws in the nation. The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (Act) introduces onerous new requirements and...more
This has been a big year in the data protection world, with the headline-grabbing General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) occupying most of the spotlight with its plethora of privacy-related requirements and potential for...more
Just when you thought it was safe to open your e-mail again without being inundated with updated privacy policies, here comes the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”). The new law, which goes into effect on...more
As was made pretty clear last week from the 1,400 hours of Congressional testimony by Mark Zuckerberg, the USA may want to follow the lead of the EU and adopt laws similar to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). For...more
On December 2, 2016, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) published its Report and Order entitled “Protecting the Privacy of Customers of Broadband and Other Telecommunications Services” (the “Order”) as a final rule...more
In an October 6, 2016, blog post and accompanying fact sheet, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler outlined his proposal for new privacy rules governing Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to be considered by the full Commission during its...more
California has moved one step closer towards amending its Constitution to create a presumption of harm whenever personal data is shared without a consumer’s express opt-in, a change that would clear a significant hurdle to...more