California Attorney General Xavier Becerra released the title and summary for the CCPA 2.0 ballot initiative, the California Privacy Rights Act....more
Alastair Mactaggart, the proponent of the "CCPA 2.0" ballot initiative in California, has submitted to the Office of the Attorney General a revised version of the proposed "California Privacy Rights Act" (CPRA) that he hopes...more
12/11/2019
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The Software Alliance filed comments to the California Attorney General on draft regulations to implement the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) intended to avoid upsetting the business-service provider relationship set...more
A “sale” by any other name?
“We consider, and think the average consumer would consider, that when information is exchanged across devices and platforms, such that an ad follows the consumer from desktop to phone and from...more
The Digital Advertising Alliance has published guidance on the use of a tool for opt out requests under CCPA under its (voluntary) self-regulatory principles....more
Data minimization is coming to the United States.
The Federal Trade Commission cited failure to delete information which is no longer needed as a failure to implement reasonable protection....more
The California Attorney General attached a Standardized Regulatory Impact Assessment (SRIA) of the economic impact of the draft California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) Regulations to the draft regulations. Some key...more
Do the draft CCPA Regulations make a big difference in compliance costs where it comes to privacy notices? Standardized Regulatory Impact Assessment (SRIA) of the economic impact of the draft CCPA Regulations says – maybe...more
A survey of 777 registered voters in California showed 88 percent would support The California Privacy Rights Enforcement Act (CPREA), a 2020 ballot measure related to expansion of protections for personal information....more
California has amended its data breach notification law to include biometric and other identifiers.
The bill (AB 1130), signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on October 11, revises the definition of personal information for purposes...more
Sen. Ed Markey , D-Mass., has introduced a bill (S. 2577) imposing considerable obligations on data brokers regarding their handling of personal information....more
For a less conservative take, here are the Ten Commandments of California Consumer Privacy Act Compliance:
• Thou shalt make for yourself a person overseeing privacy compliance in thine corporation....more
On Thursday, October 10, the California Attorney General issued draft regulations for the California Consumer Privacy Act. The regulations are open for public comment until December 6, 2019. Much has been written about the...more
10/14/2019
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Providers of services that involve the personal information of California residents: What do the proposed CCPA Regs mean for your compliance?...more
The California Attorney General has issued long-awaited draft regulations for the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which is scheduled to take effect in 2020....more
A local Munich court has interpreted the right of access under Article 15 of GDPR and German law. Here are some key takeaways for GDPR and for consumer access requests under CCPA:
The right of access under GDPR is a...more
GDPR permits a general contractor to disclose personal information of the client who hired them for a home renovation to subcontractors, for their purpose of carrying out the renovation as well as for the correction of...more
Three proposed amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act were themselves amended on September 6. Here is a summary of the major changes, with links to the current version of each proposed amendment:
Until 1/1/2021...more
The FTC has entered into a consent order with a sole proprietor for a failure to implement reasonable protections of personal information....more