After struggling with developing a national-level data privacy law for over a decade, the National People’s Congress of People’s Republic of China released the draft Personal Information Protection Law (Draft Law) on October...more
While privacy laws are proliferating globally, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is California’s comprehensive and landmark legislation that seeks to give California consumers expanded rights to learn about and...more
9/23/2019
/ Amended Legislation ,
B2B Organizations ,
B2B Transactions ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Collection ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Governor Newsom ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Private Right of Action
On June 28, 2018, California adopted the strictest general privacy and data security law in the country, called the “California Consumer Privacy Act” (codified in Assembly Bill 375), which will come into effect on January 1,...more
7/2/2018
/ Consumer Protection Laws ,
Data Collection ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Governor Brown ,
Notice Requirements ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Portability ,
Right to Be Forgotten ,
State and Local Government
The European Union’s top court ruled last week that the operator of a Facebook fan page is a “joint controller,” along with Facebook, with respect to personal data collected on such pages. The decision has implications for...more
6/12/2018
/ Corporate Counsel ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Data Collection ,
Data Controller ,
Data Protection Authority ,
EU ,
Facebook ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Germany ,
Personal Data ,
Third-Party Service Provider