On June 25, 2021, the United States Supreme Court issued its opinion in TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez (“Ramirez”), holding that all plaintiffs, to include absent class members, must demonstrate that they have suffered a concrete...more
On June 14, 2021, the Board of the newly-formed California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”) held its first public meeting. The Board had an extensive agenda, covering topics such as the laws affecting the Board and CPPA,...more
On March 30, 2021, the United States Supreme Court heard oral argument in Transunion LLC v. Ramirez, No. 20-297, a case that could have far-reaching implications on absent class member standing, particularly where the...more
4/1/2021
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Data privacy is a top concern for many in-house legal professionals – and for good reason – data privacy and cybersecurity legal requirements are complex and continually evolving. Data Privacy Day is a great day to start...more
The November 2020 election left a lot of questions. Among them, companies doing business in California are now asking about compliance with yet another California data privacy law, this time the California Privacy Rights and...more
On November 9, 2020 the FTC entered into a consent agreement with Zoom Video Communications, Inc. to address concerns over the videoconferencing platform’s security practices. With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the need...more
12/2/2020
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On October 12, 2020, the California Attorney General provided public notice of a new Proposed Third Set of Modifications to the Regulations under the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”). You will be forgiven if you...more
10/14/2020
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On August 14, 2020, the California Attorney General announced final approval of the California Consumer Privacy Act Regulations by the Office of Administrative Law. The Regulations take effect immediately....more
If you’re like us, you’ve been anticipating an announcement from the California Attorney General about the types of companies it targeted in its initial enforcement of the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”), the...more
On June 19, 2020, the Superior Court for Sacramento County, California issued a ruling providing relief to the promoters of the California Privacy Rights Act ballot initiative (the “CPRA”). We wrote here about the potential...more
On May 14, California Secretary of State Alex Padilla announced that the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (the “CPRA”) had obtained sufficient raw signatures to qualify for the November 3, 2020 ballot. Those signatures...more
On June 1, 2020, the California Attorney General submitted the final text of the CCPA Regulations to the California Office of Administrative Law (the “OAL”). This was the last step the AG needed to take before the...more
The global coronavirus pandemic continues on, and the cyberattacks and scams continue to multiply. In the midst of the pandemic, hackers are capitalizing on fears surrounding the outbreak by crafting COVID-19-themed attacks...more
COVID-19 is delaying just about everything these days—except the CCPA.
In letters submitted on March 17 and March 20, a coalition of nearly sixty business and organizations called on California Attorney General Xavier...more
3/30/2020
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In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, hackers are capitalizing on fears surrounding the outbreak by crafting COVID-19-themed attacks aimed to infect computers with malware or obtain sensitive, personal information....more
Here we go again. On March 11, 2020, the California Attorney General (AG) published a second set of modifications to its Regulations under the California Consumer Privacy Act. Unlike the AG’s modifications from just last...more
3/13/2020
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There are many laws at the state and federal level that regulate the processing of genetic information. There may soon be one more....more
On February 7, 2020, the California Attorney General (AG) published a set of Modified Regulations under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The Modified Regulations take into account some of the comments received...more
2/12/2020
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This week, the California Attorney General held public hearings on the draft California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations it issued in October. We attended the hearings in both Los Angeles and San Francisco. One clear...more
12/6/2019
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Late last week heralded two significant and highly anticipated updates to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).
On October 10, 2019, the Office of the California Attorney General issued a long-anticipated Notice of...more
10/17/2019
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