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Data Privacy and Security 101: Six Questions to Ask Yourself
On April 2, 2024, the California Privacy Protection Agency's (CPPA) Enforcement Division issued its first enforcement advisory, titled "Applying Data Minimization to Consumer Requests," to further emphasize the importance of...more
Businesses take heed: California state officials just warned that the law prohibits you from collecting unnecessary data and retaining data for longer than necessary. The California Privacy Protection Agency published its...more
On January 8, 2024, after multiple amendments, the New Jersey Legislature passed a comprehensive data protection bill (SB 332). Gov. Philip Murphy has 45 days to execute SB 332, making New Jersey the 13th state to adopt...more
When I reflect on the relationship that our firm has with our clients, I’m most proud of the fact that you can always count on us. That often means defending complex litigation, steering you through regulatory threats,...more
California Governor Newsom recently signed SB 362, known as the Delete Act, which creates a one-time mechanism for consumers to request that data brokers delete all personal data associated with the consumer. ...more
On October 10, 2023, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed SB 362 into law. The “Delete Act” is a key piece of privacy legislation designed to further protect consumer online privacy rights and place further obligations on data...more
On October 10, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law California’s most recent foray into the world of consumer data privacy: the Delete Act. Targeting so-called data brokers, the Act expands on regulations already in place...more
On October 10, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law SB-362, a measure amending existing California laws regulating data brokers and granting California residents the right to delete all personal information...more
Data brokers face new registration and audit obligations, consumer data deletion rights, and exposure to fines under California's SB 362, the Delete Act. The bill was signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday. Effective...more
Most human resources professionals are concerned about the privacy and security of the vast amounts of personal information they manage. This article discusses steps to consider taking against the challenges. Deluge of...more
This post deals with another data breach, yes, hackers were able to compromise the organization’s systems and exfiltrate personal information relating to over 45,000 Pennsylvania and Ohio residents. However, there are several...more
The biggest challenge that most PEO and staffing agencies will face in 2023 will come in the form of what appears to be a fairly benign request, but one that will occur with both increasing regularity and legal significance:...more
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), considered one of the most expansive U.S. privacy laws to date, went into effect on January 1, 2020. The CCPA placed significant limitations on the collection and sale of a...more
This article is the second in a multi-part series covering concepts that can be applied to your company’s process for managing privacy rights requests, as required by various modern privacy laws. The first article in this...more
On October 6, 2021, Apple announced that the requirement that applications that allow users to create an account must also enable users to initiate deletion of their accounts from within the application will go into effect on...more
Colorado has now joined California and Virginia to become the third US state to pass a comprehensive data privacy legislation when Governor Jared Polis signed the Colorado Privacy Act (the “CPA”) into law on July 8, 2021. The...more
Authors: David Manek, Joe Shepley and Mark Melnychenko The California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) which goes live January 1, 2023 introduces data retention and deletion requirements very similar to those that we see in the...more
There are many similarities between the Colorado Privacy Act (ColoPA), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), the Virginia Consumer Data privacy Act (VCDPA), and Europe’s GDPR,...more
Is more information always better? If someone wants to limit the use of information, and others want to expose, discuss or publicize it, who wins?...more
On March 15, 2021, California Attorney General, Xavier Becerra, announced additional California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations. These new changes went into effect on March 15, 2021....more
In 2018, the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), which provides for an expansive array of privacy rights and obligations, was enacted. At the time, it was reasonable to wonder whether California’s bold example would...more
Technology is moving at the speed of light while we all continue to live in a largely virtual world where we interface with each other, online, everyday. Sprinkled in are continued concerns about how companies, large and...more
Today’s organizations are faced with the overwhelming challenge of managing, finding, and leveraging their information. On average, organizations use 88 applications to power their workforce, a 21% increase from just three...more
No. Unlike a request for access, a business’s deletion obligation extends to all data held by the business regarding a consumer, unless an exception applies, irrespective of when that data was collected, generated or...more
Not immediately, but yes. The CCPA does not distinguish or make allowances for backup and other less accessible systems when determining the scope of a business’s obligation to delete the personal information of a consumer...more