California Governor Jerry Brown signed A.B. 375, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), into law on June 28, 2018. The CCPA is the nation’s strictest consumer privacy and data protection measure....more
Pursuant to a consent order with eight state financial regulators, Equifax agreed to take corrective actions following its record-breaking 2017 data breach, but avoided paying any fines or penalties....more
California Governor Signs Sweeping New Privacy Legislation -
Governor Brown and California legislators enacted far-reaching consumer privacy and data security protections in a deal to avoid a deeply flawed privacy...more
Lenders beware: Notwithstanding a GLBA exemption, many financial institutions doing business in California will be subject to the new consumer privacy requirements by 2020, California’s recently-enacted version of the General...more
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
The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) rang in the New Year by releasing changes to the agency's proposed cybersecurity regulations.
What happened -
On December 28, 2016, as the result of extensive...more
California TCPA Suit Moves Forward -
A putative class action alleging violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by Bebe Stores will move forward after a California federal court judge denied defendant’s...more
TCPA Suit on Hold Pending FCC Petitions -
A federal court judge has stayed a class action pending a decision by the Federal Communications Commission on the issue of whether the agency overstepped its bounds by issuing...more
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Turning a narrow consumer shield into a potentially broad sword, this summer California expanded its anti-deficiency judgment laws to prohibit not only the judicial pursuit of mortgage deficiency balances, but also to declare...more