Connecticut’s privacy law takes effect on July 1, with some key changes after the governor signed Senate Bill 3 on June 26. Some portions of the amendments concerning newly defined “consumer health law” will have immediate...more
New omnibus privacy laws are coming to Virginia, Colorado, and Utah in 2023. Updates to California’s existing privacy law are coming in 2023 too....more
This article starts the 11-month countdown to develop business compliance strategies for three new omnibus privacy laws coming in 2023: January 1: the California Consumer Privacy Rights Act (which amends the existing CCPA)...more
Florida and California join a growing minority of states enacting laws protecting a person’s genetic information (Nevada and Alaska also have laws). Florida’s new genetic privacy law, known as Protecting DNA Privacy Act, went...more
Privacy Shield participants must update their privacy notices by March 29, 2019 (if the UK crashes out of the EU then with no deal) to continue to rely on the Privacy Shield for UK to US transfers post-Brexit. Privacy Shield...more
3/19/2019
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Data Protection ,
Data Protection Authority ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
International Data Transfers ,
No-Deal Brexit ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Policy ,
Swiss Privacy Shield ,
UK Brexit ,
Withdrawal Agreement
Canada now follows the US trend to require reporting of personal data exposures. Beginning November 1, 2018, a change in the law will require companies subject to Canada’s federal data protection laws to report data breaches...more
In July, we published a client alert answering key questions about the CCPA. However, state lawmakers have made additional changes to the law since then. Below is an updated overview showing the amendments in bold...more
9/7/2018
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California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Private Right of Action
Follow our three-question flowchart to answer the question: “Does GDPR Apply to You?” If “Yes” then you may be required to designate a Data Protection Officer (“DPO”) by May 25, 2018, when the GDPR applies.
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Organizations that do business in Canada should be aware of key changes coming to Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (“CASL”). Beginning July 1, 2017, CASL will place stricter conditions on how companies can market their services...more
5/18/2017
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CAN-SPAM Act ,
Canada ,
CASL ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Consent ,
Corporate Counsel ,
CRTC ,
Damages ,
Electronic Communications ,
Email ,
Kellogg Company ,
Private Right of Action ,
Remedies ,
Spam ,
Telecommunications ,
Text Messages