California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Privacy Policy

Do Dark Patterns Lurk on Your Website? 4 Steps Businesses Should Take as Regulators Focus on How Privacy Rights Are Presented on...

Fisher Phillips on 9/10/2024

Businesses with a website beware: California regulators just warned that the law prohibits your website from making website users jump through hoops or otherwise confusing them as they try to exercise their privacy rights,...more

California Agency Provides Insights into CCPA Enforcement Priorities: 3 Tips for Staying Off the Enforcement Radar

Fisher Phillips on 8/2/2024

A recent board meeting of state officials revealed that the California agency responsible for overseeing the state’s landmark consumer privacy law received over 2,000 complaints for alleged violations in the past year alone –...more

More Proposed Regulations from California: What Do These Mean for Your Business?

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Privacy, Cyber & AI... on 7/30/2024

What Issues Did the California Privacy Protection Agency Raise? On July 16, 2024, the California Privacy Protection Agency (Agency) discussed proposed updates to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations....more

California AG and Los Angeles City Attorney Announce CCPA/COPPA Enforcement Action Against Mobile App Game Maker

WilmerHale on 6/28/2024

On June 18, the California Attorney General (“AG”) and Los Angeles City Attorney announced a settlement with Tilting Point Media, the maker of a mobile app game called “SpongeBob: Krusty Cook-Off,” resolving allegations that...more

California Trap & Trace Class Actions on the Rise in the Age of Website Trackers

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 4/26/2024

Future LLC, a magazine and website publisher and owner of the TechRadar.com website, faces allegations that it collected website visitors’ IP addresses without consent in violation of the California Invasion of Privacy Act...more

Why PEOs Need to Pay Particular Attention to New Data Privacy Rules – And the 1 Key Move You Should Make Immediately

Fisher Phillips on 4/8/2024

The news that California regulators can immediately begin enforcing new data privacy regulations will have an outsized impact on the PEO community. A surprise February 9 decision from a state appeals court pressed...more

CCPA Settlement Illustrates Continued Focus on the Sale of Consumer Personal Information

White & Case LLP on 3/25/2024

On February 21, 2024, California Attorney General Rob Bonta ("Cal AG") announced that his office reached a settlement with DoorDash, the food delivery service company, for violating the California Consumer Privacy Act...more

No Money, Mo’ Problems: DoorDash CCPA Enforcement Action Emphasizes Personal Information “Sales” Aren’t All About the Benjamins

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP on 3/13/2024

The California Attorney General (“AG”) recently delivered (pun very much intended) a public CCPA enforcement action against DoorDash, its second following the 2022 settlement with Sephora. The DoorDash action stems from a...more

Breaking News: California Can Immediately Enforce CCPA Regulations – Your 7-Step Plan for Data Privacy Compliance

Fisher Phillips on 2/13/2024

A California appeals court just pressed fast-forward and ruled that the state can immediately begin enforcing new regulations governing the state’s cornerstone data privacy law instead of waiting until late next month. This...more

Annual Updates to Privacy Policies Reminder and Looking Ahead to 2024

Wiley Rein LLP on 12/14/2023

The end of the year is a good time to revisit your organization’s privacy policy to ensure it is accurate and up to date. Notably, at least one state privacy law – the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) – requires that a...more

More Privacy, Please - September/October 2023

Troutman Pepper on 11/28/2023

Editor’s Note: The FTC continues to crack down on privacy and cybersecurity, including issuing a new warning to tax preparation companies and entering into a consent decree with 1Health.io. VPPA and BIPA litigation continues...more

California Enacts One-Stop Mechanism for Data Broker Deletion Requests

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 10/26/2023

California residents may soon be able to click “backspace” on data brokers doing business in the state. On October 10, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 362, colloquially known as the Delete Act, into...more

California’s Delete Act Has Passed: What’s in It?

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 10/13/2023

On October 10, Governor Newsom signed SB 362, a law requiring any business that meets the definition of “data broker” to provide detailed disclosures about its practices, register with the state and delete any personal...more

Why Your Website Needs A Privacy Policy

Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC on 9/28/2023

In this day and age, data privacy is a hot topic. Many Americans believe their personal data is less secure now than ever and that data collection poses more risks than benefits. For this reason, among others, businesses must...more

Peekaboo: How To Continue Preparations for Brave New (Data Privacy) World

DarrowEverett LLP on 9/28/2023

On September 12, 2023, Delaware became the 13th state to adopt a consumer data privacy act, joining Florida, another state to recently adopt consumer privacy laws, and others in providing resident consumers with rights...more

Dechert Cyber Bits - Issue 41

Dechert LLP on 9/25/2023

FTC Finalizes Settlement with 1Health.io For Allegations It Failed to Protect Customers’ DNA Data - On September 6, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission’s agreement with the genetic testing firm 1Health.io Inc. – formerly...more

The California Attorney General Investigates CA Employers’ CCPA Compliance

Fenwick & West LLP on 7/24/2023

On July 14, 2023, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced an “investigative sweep” through inquiry letters sent to large California employers. The sweep seeks information on companies’ compliance with the California...more

California Employers Beware: Your 5-Step Plan as Attorney General Announces CCPA Investigative Sweep

Fisher Phillips on 7/20/2023

California employers, beware: the state’s top prosecutor just announced his office is conducting an investigative sweep of whether and how large California employers have complied with data privacy and consumer protection...more

7 Steps to Comply with the CCPA

Fisher Phillips on 5/25/2023

Getting into compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) can seem like an overwhelming task. After all, the law is comprised not only of a dense statute and detailed regulations, but the amendment effective...more

Analyzing the Washington State My Health My Data Act

Husch Blackwell LLP on 3/13/2023

Keypoint: In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, Washington legislators introduced legislation to enhance privacy protections for consumer health data. In early March, lawmakers in Washington state’s House...more

NAIC proposes new California-style privacy model law for insurance

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 2/10/2023

On Wednesday February 1, 2023, the NAIC Privacy Protections Working Group (the Working Group) released a draft of a new model law for comment, the Insurance Consumer Privacy Protection Model Law (#674) (the Proposal), which...more

Your Business’s Mobile App Could Be Subject to California Attorney General Investigation

Fisher Phillips on 2/1/2023

The California Attorney General just announced an investigative sweep of mobile apps that allegedly fail to meet the requirements of state data privacy law, meaning businesses that conduct business through apps need to...more

The Rise Of The Self-Tapping Website? State Wiretapping Class Actions Take Off After Two Recent Circuit Court Decisions

ArentFox Schiff on 12/20/2022

The second half of 2022 saw a wave of class action litigation under state wiretapping laws against website operators that use widely deployed online technologies, such as chatboxes and session replay software....more

End-of-Year Website Audit Recommended to Ensure CPRA Compliance

Clark Hill PLC on 12/12/2022

As the year ends, privacy and legal departments have a final opportunity to audit external facing privacy statements and other website practices to ensure compliance with the California privacy law amendments which come into...more

[Webinar] Key 2023 Changes to California Consumer Privacy Act - January 23rd, 10:00 am - 11:00 am PST

Greenberg Glusker LLP on 12/7/2022

The California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) passed by voters in 2020 comes into effect on January 1, 2023. This webinar will discuss the key changes to California’s landmark California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) made by the...more

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