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Websites and Wiretap Laws: Emerging Trends in Privacy Class Action Litigation Risks

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As an onslaught of recent class actions allege, companies may be liable for eavesdropping and wiretapping based on the use of common analytics software on their platforms. For instance, in California, plaintiffs have filed...more

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Texas Data Privacy and Security Act Goes Into Effect with Impact Far Beyond Its Borders

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On June 18, Texas became the eleventh state to enact a comprehensive consumer privacy law by passing the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (TDPSA) (HB 4). The TDPSA will take effect on July 1, 2024, which is the same day as...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Rethinking Data Intermediaries

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Adam Smith's economic concept of the Invisible Hand proffers the idea that great social benefits and public good come from everyone acting in their own self-interest. However, Adam Smith did not anticipate the internet and...more

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COVID-19 Privacy Proposals on Both Sides of the Aisle: A Comparison

Privacy risks of using big data in the fight against COVID-19 are significant, and have caught the attention of Republicans and Democrats alike. Earlier this month we reported on a bill introduced on May 7 by Republican...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Nevada: Bucking the Wait and See Approach to Consumer Privacy Law

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In our May blog post, we took issue with the broadcast statement that ‘consumer privacy law was sweeping the country and that other states were jumping on the California Consumer Privacy Law (CCPA) bandwagon to enact their...more

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California Dramatically Expands Consumer Privacy Rights For the Entire Country

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California recently passed the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, described by Former Gov. Jerry Brown as a “historic step” for California consumers, “giving them control over their personal data.”  He claimed that the...more

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Are Employees Classed as Consumers? California State Assembly Speaks to This and Other Concerns

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The California State Assembly has passed several amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) this legislative session. Among the total of four CCPA amendments that were passed in the Assembly this week, two have...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Podcast: Retail Industry Outlook: Risks and Rewards

In this episode, partners and Akin Gump retail initiative co-leaders Gregory Knopp and Meredith Slawe discuss the retail sector, its promises and its pitfalls. Among the topics covered: • technological innovation in retail ...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

The Robins Kaplan Insurance Insight - Vol. 2, No. 2, Fall 2018: The (Already) Amended California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018’s...

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California has long been a trailblazer in consumer protection, including in the cyber and privacy spheres. In 1972, the California Constitution was amended to include an explicit and inalienable right to privacy. It was the...more

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CFPB Releases Report and RFI on Data Collection

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On September 25, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a report on its sources and uses of data. This report was followed by a Request for Information regarding its data collection practices, published in the...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 - Increased Consumer Privacy Protections and Significant Business Compliance Burdens

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On June 28, 2018, the California Legislature unanimously passed, and the Governor immediately signed, a sweeping expansion of data privacy protections for residents of California. Assembly Bill No. 375, entitled the...more

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California Enacts Sweeping New Privacy Law

On June 28, 2018, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA or “the Act”), which is the broadest and most comprehensive privacy law enacted in the United States to date.1 The CCPA...more

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California Passes GDPR-Lite: Strictest Privacy Law in United States

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California recently, and quickly, passed the strictest data privacy law in the land: the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (AB-375). Businesses now have less than 18 months to reassess their consumer privacy policies...more

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