State Law Privacy Video Series | Privacy and Sensitive Information
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Biden Administration Issues Executive Order Restricting Bulk Transfers of U.S. Citizens' Personal Data to “Countries of Concern” - On February 28, 2024, President Biden issued an Executive Order (“EO”) to address the...more
In December, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) published revised draft regulations on risk assessments required under the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). Under prior draft regulations, the CPPA will...more
Keypoint: The Agency proposed more revisions to the CCPA regulations for consideration at the December 8 board meeting. On December 1, 2023, the California Privacy Protection Agency (Agency) published proposed revisions to...more
Governor Newson recently signed two amendments to the CCPA strengthening protections for certain data types. The changes go into effect January 1, 2024....more
On October 8, 2023, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) signed Assembly Bill 947 (AB 947) into law, adding citizenship and immigration status to the California Consumer Privacy Act’s (CCPA) definition of “sensitive personal...more
The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (the “CCPA”), is regarded as one of the strongest and most comprehensive privacy laws in the United States and in recent...more
It has been a bustling fall for the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA or Agency). In the spirit of the upcoming holiday season, the Agency gifted us not one but two rounds of proposed modifications to the regulations...more
Keypoint: On the heels of last week’s Board meeting, Agency staff quickly turned around a modified version of the proposed regulations, triggering a fifteen day comment period and further signaling that the Agency is on track...more
The amended California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), sometimes referred to as the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) or Proposition 24, takes effect on January 1, 2023 – and introduces new consumer rights, while...more
California Privacy Protection Agency Releases Revised Regulations - With the effective date less than three months away, and ahead of a Board Meeting on October 28 and 29, the California Privacy Protection Agency released...more
On November 3, 2020, California voters approved Proposition 24, a ballot initiative which enacted the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”). The CPRA amends the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), the most sweeping...more
As of late, many privacy class actions have attempted to invoke California's common-law invasion of privacy claim, arguing that it is a valid cause of action. The courts, however, have been reluctant to apply the strict...more
California Can Enforce Net Neutrality Law After Court Victory - California’s net neutrality law bars internet service providers from prioritizing, blocking, slowing down, or speeding up internet content. California’s law...more
The California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) passed by ballot measure in November 2020. While it does not repeal the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which became effective in January 2020, it does change and augment CCPA...more
Well, California is at it again. Less than one year after the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) took effect, the people of California voted to approve Proposition 24 (aka the California Privacy Rights Act, the “CPRA”)...more
While most of the attention has been focused on the presidential and congressional races, the passage of down ballot propositions in California may substantially impact your business. By passing Proposition 24, Californians...more
While the world anxiously awaited the results of the November 2020 U.S. federal elections, California silently passed California Proposition 24, the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). Labeled on the ballot simply as...more
The CPRA, also referred to as CCPA 2.0, is a more robust version of the CCPA. The original drafter of the CCPA put CPRA on the ballot to amend and bolster key provisions in the CCPA....more
Though it may not have been the biggest news of the election so far, California voters approved Proposition 24 on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Proposition 24 adopts the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA), which...more
As businesses and other organizations in the private sector cautiously open their doors in the wake of the pandemic, DCT enables more efficient tracing of infected employees and notification to those at-risk. DCT also offers...more
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a disparate effect on privacy regulators, with varying levels of enforcement advocated by different government entities; the California Attorney General, the U.S. Department of Health & Human...more
As millions have moved their professional and personal lives online, in-person contact during the COVID-19 pandemic has become a memory except for “essential” public services. To receive medical care or an education, be...more