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California’s Revised Risk Assessment Regulations

Ankura on 2/13/2024

In December, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) published revised draft regulations on risk assessments required under the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). Under prior draft regulations, the CPPA will...more

Are You Ready? How CCPA-Regulated Businesses Can Plan for Compliance with California’s Forthcoming Cybersecurity Regulations

McCarter & English, LLP on 12/5/2023

The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) released initial draft regulations for cybersecurity audits (which have since been amended) and risk assessments late this summer. The agency’s board of directors addressed the...more

California Looks to Amend Data Broker Law

WilmerHale on 9/1/2023

The state of California is on the verge of amending its current data broker law with Senate Bill 362, also known as the Delete Act (“the Act”). The Act passed in the Assembly’s Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection and...more

2023 Global Data Privacy Law Survey Report

Womble Bond Dickinson on 7/18/2023

2023 is shaping up to be a landmark year for data privacy, on both sides of the Atlantic. In the US, four new state laws go into effect – two on July 1 – while California is expanding its already robust requirements, and...more

Diving into the Washington My Health My Data Act - Part Two: Consumers Covered by WMHMDA

Quarles & Brady LLP on 6/9/2023

This is Part Two in a series of legal updates on the Washington My Health My Data Act (“WMHMDA”) where Quarles is doing a deep dive into the various factors and intricacies of the Act that are shaping up to create a sea of...more

Broad New Washington Privacy Law Requires Immediate Compliance Action

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 5/24/2023

Companies may face class action lawsuits as early as July 2023 based on Washington’s new privacy law. Governor Jay Inslee recently signed House Bill 1155, the WA My Health, My Data Act (“MHMDA” or “the Act”), giving companies...more

Precise Geolocation: Recent Trends and Enforcement

BCLP on 3/30/2023

“Precise Geolocation” has become a hot button issue in the privacy world with recent data privacy laws seeking to regulate the collection and processing of such information, including in California and Virginia. The...more

Minor Keys: Major Takeaways from New California Online Children’s Privacy Law

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP on 11/2/2022

The California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (the “Act”) recently became law and includes a number of online privacy-related requirements related to individuals under the age of 18. The statute is similar to, and expressly...more

California Privacy Rights Act Passes: Five Tips to Help Companies Prepare for California’s New, New Thing!

Fenwick & West LLP on 1/11/2021

The California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) passed by ballot measure in November 2020. While it does not repeal the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which became effective in January 2020, it does change and augment CCPA...more

Eclipsed by Evolving Law, Policy and Technology, Seminal Mobile Location Data Case Settled

Proskauer - New Media & Technology on 8/18/2020

This past week, the operator of the popular Weather Channel (“TWC”) mobile phone app entered into a Stipulation of Settlement with the Los Angeles City Attorney, Mike Feuer (“City Attorney”), closing the books on one of the...more

US Senators Propose COVID-19 Consumer Data Protection Act

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 5/6/2020

At the beginning of 2020, a Federal privacy law, similar to that of GDPR or PIPEDA, was a faint and distant reality. However, in light of some mobile device and other monitoring being considered because of the COVID-19...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - March 2020

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 3/31/2020

In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine comments from the California attorney general's office regarding the start date for enforcement of the California Consumer Privacy Act in light of...more

CCPA Notice Of Collection – Are You Collecting Geolocation Data, But Do Not Know It?

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 12/27/2019

Businesses subject to the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) are working diligently to comply with the law’s numerous mandates, although final regulatory guidance has yet to be issued. Many of these businesses are...more

The Privacy Survival Guide - July 2019

Polsinelli on 8/1/2019

Polsinelli is pleased to share The Privacy Survival Guide. This newsletter is a designated source of news, information and guidance on the constantly evolving health care privacy industry. ...more

Forecasting The Future: What to Learn from The Weather Channel App's Geolocation Lawsuit

Williams Mullen on 1/25/2019

The Los Angeles City Attorney has filed a complaint against the company behind The Weather Channel App (the “TWC App”) claiming its collection of geolocation information violates the state's Unfair Competition Law. The...more

Locational Tracking on iOS and Android Devices: Check the Platform’s Rules!

Proskauer - New Media & Technology on 12/19/2018

This post discusses some of the contractual requirements imposed by Apple and Google regarding the collection and sharing of locational information. What consents, if any, do Apple and Google require that app publishers...more

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