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Right To Know - September 2024, Vol. 21

Clark Hill PLC on 9/23/2024

Cyber, Privacy, and Technology Report - Welcome to your monthly rundown of all things cyber, privacy, and technology, where we highlight all the happenings you may have missed....more

The Digital Download – Alston & Bird’s Privacy & Data Security Newsletter – August 2024

Alston & Bird on 8/21/2024

Selected U.S. Privacy and Cyber Updates - New York AG Seeks Comments on Rulemaking for Minors’ Online Protection Laws - On August 1, 2024, New York Attorney General Letitia James issued two advanced notices of proposed...more

Historic $1.4 Billion Data Privacy Settlement between Meta and Texas

Ballard Spahr LLP on 8/1/2024

The State of Texas and Meta Platforms Inc. (“Meta”) have agreed to a $1.4 billion settlement, to be paid out over five years, to resolve claims relating to Meta’s alleged use of facial recognition technology without user...more

Bad Medicine: 5 Lessons from the Connecticut AG’s Report on CTDPA Cure Notices

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP on 2/15/2024

On February 1, 2024, the Connecticut Office of the Attorney General (“OAG”) issued a Report to the General Assembly’s General Law Committee (“Report”), summarizing the OAG’s enforcement efforts during six months since the...more

California AG Announces CCPA Compliance Efforts

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 2/3/2023

The Office of the California Attorney General recently announced that it will initiate an investigative sweep and will start sending letters to businesses about their mobile apps for failure to comply with the California...more

Lessons Learned on Privacy Compliance from the Enforcement Action Against Sephora

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 9/12/2022

On August 24, 2022, the California Attorney General announced its first enforcement action – including a fine for $1.2 million – under the California Consumer Protection Act (“CCPA”). The Attorney General brought its...more

First CCPA Enforcement Action Settlement and Sunsetting of Employee Data Exemptions Signal Significant Compliance Challenges Ahead

Blank Rome LLP on 9/9/2022

In a busy couple of weeks for California privacy, regulatory priorities came into sharp focus when California Attorney General Rob Bonta (“Attorney General”) announced the first settlement of a California Consumer Privacy Act...more

First CCPA Enforcement Action: “There Are No More Excuses” for Companies Who Do Not Comply

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 9/1/2022

On August 24, 2022, California Attorney General Rob Bonta (AG) announced a proposed settlement with beauty retailer Sephora USA, Inc. to resolve claims that Sephora violated the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Under...more

First CCPA Enforcement Action Shows Accepting User-Enabled Global Privacy Controls Is Mandatory

McGuireWoods LLP on 8/30/2022

On Wednesday, August 24, 2022, the California Attorney General released a public statement addressing its first enforcement action under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) against Sephora. The Attorney General...more

Dechert Cyber Bits - Issue 15

Dechert LLP on 6/10/2022

California Privacy Protection Agency previews draft regulations - On June 8, 2022, less than two months since the California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”) formally took over rulemaking for the California Consumer...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - April 2022 #3

Robinson & Cole LLP on 4/15/2022

CYBERSECURITY - DOJ Takes Down RaidForums' Website - In an action against what has been described as one of the largest hacker forums in the world, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on April 12, 2022, that...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - April 2022 #2

Robinson & Cole LLP on 4/8/2022

CYBERSECURITY - State Department Establishes Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy - The Department of State’s new Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy (CDP) commenced operations on April 4, 2022. According to an...more

Recent CCPA Enforcement Actions Highlight the Importance of a CCPA-Compliant Privacy Policy

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 12/24/2021

This is the time of year for thought pieces reflecting on the past year or so to speculate on the hot topics for next year. I began to wonder about California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) enforcement actions over the past year...more

Worth the Wait? Key Takeaways from California Attorney General CCPA Enforcement Case Summaries

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP on 10/28/2021

Before the CCPA became enforceable on July 1, 2020, much ink was spilled (or many keys were hit) about the California Office of the Attorney General’s (“OAG”) ability to obtain civil penalties for CCPA violations. After that...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - September 2021 #2

Robinson & Cole LLP on 9/17/2021

CYBERSECURITY - Medical Center Rebuilding EMR Following Ransomware Attack - Queen Creek Medical Center (QCMC), also known as Desert Wells Family Medicine, located in Arizona, has notified up to 35,000 patients of a data...more

CCPA 2.0 Passes: The California Privacy Rights Act To Become Law

Goodwin on 11/12/2020

On November 3, 2020, California voters convincingly approved the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”) ballot initiative. The CPRA builds upon and amends the California Consumer Protection Act (“CCPA”), aligning it more with...more

California Consumer Privacy Act Enforcement Series: Failing to Provide Adequate Notice at Collection

Troutman Pepper on 8/11/2020

Enforcement of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) began July 1, 2020. Our privacy team at Troutman Pepper includes several attorneys who worked in an attorney general’s office. This privacy regulatory team has...more

[Webinar] The California Consumer Privacy Act: Are You Ready? - August 25th, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT

Carlton Fields on 8/11/2020

Join in-house counsel, chief privacy and information officers, and C-suite leaders for an in-depth program featuring Carlton Fields' Cybersecurity and Privacy attorneys. For companies subject to the CCPA, the law ushered...more

Long-Awaited DFS Cyber Enforcement Action Sees Charges Filed Against Title Insurer For Exposing Millions of Documents Containing...

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Consumer Crossroads on 7/25/2020

After several years of anticipation, the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has filed its first enforcement action under the agency's groundbreaking and first-in-the-nation 2017 cybersecurity regulation...more

CCPA: California Attorney General Releases Final Proposed Regulations

Proskauer on Privacy on 6/19/2020

On June 1, 2020, the California Attorney General’s office released the third and final set of CCPA proposed regulations (available here). Below, we provide information about the final proposed regulations and enforcement...more

Contradictory Responses by Privacy Regulators Post-COVID-19: Balancing the Economy With Cybersecurity in a Changed World (Privacy)

Lowenstein Sandler LLP on 6/1/2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a disparate effect on privacy regulators, with varying levels of enforcement advocated by different government entities; the California Attorney General, the U.S. Department of Health & Human...more

Five Things to Do Now to Prepare for the CCPA Enforcement Deadline on July 1, 2020

Allen Matkins on 5/22/2020

As you likely know, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) went into effect on January 1, 2020. The CCPA is revolutionary legislation relating to California consumers’ rights in their Personal Information (as...more

[Webinar] The California Consumer Privacy Act: Getting Up to Speed with the Looming Enforcement Deadline - May 21st, 3:00 pm -...

Carlton Fields on 5/14/2020

Join in-house counsel, chief privacy and information officers, and C-suite leaders for in-depth program featuring Carlton Fields’ Cybersecurity and Privacy attorneys. For companies subject to the CCPA, the law ushered in...more

Despite pandemic, CCPA enforcement deadline looms while businesses still wait for final regs

McAfee & Taft on 3/30/2020

As previously discussed in an article titled “Privacy Gone Public: How growing push for privacy laws may affect U.S. businesses,” California implemented a new consumer protection law known as the California Consumer Privacy...more

Let the Litigation Begin! California Residents Already Filing Enforcement Actions Under the CCPA

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC on 3/20/2020

The ink is still wet, and the dust has hardly settled after the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) went into effect on January 1, 2020. Yet starting in February, two class actions were filed by California residents...more

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