The U.S. is taking another swing at a federal data privacy law with the American Privacy Rights Act, or APRA. While there’s no guarantee that the APRA will become the law of the land, it’s still worthwhile to study in order...more
In October, California enacted its newest privacy legislation, commonly referred to as the “Delete Act” (California Senate Bill No. 362). The Delete Act will allow consumers to request that any data broker that maintains any...more
Keypoint: With a private right of action, broad applicability to businesses of all sizes and types, a scope that is broader than its name suggests, and strong consent-based requirements and privacy rights, the Washington My...more
Colorado became the third state to enact comprehensive data privacy legislation when Gov. Jared Polis signed the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) on July 8, 2021. The CPA shares similarities with its stateside predecessors, the...more
On March 15, 2021, the California Attorney General (AG) announced that the California Office of Administrative Law approved a set of proposed amendments to the final California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations that...more
As of January 1, 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) is now the law of the land, having gone into effect at the beginning of this year. One of the more complex issues concerning the CCPA pertains to the...more
As more organizations find themselves under scrutiny for the way they collect and use consumer data, maintaining CCPA compliance has never been more important. CCPA has been introduced to give control back to consumers,...more
Shook Weighs in on Updated CCPA Regulations - In response to extensive public comment, the California Attorney General’s office released modified draft regulations under the CCPA on February 7. Shook has provided initial...more
The much anticipated California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) is now in effect (as of January 1, 2020), and as we’ve recently reported, class action litigation under the CCPA has already begun. Organizations should have...more
Additional draft regulations were issued by the California Attorney General on February 7th and subsequently modified on February 10th. ...more
On February 7, 2020, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra published modified regulations for the California Consumer Privacy Act after reviewing the public comments received on the initial draft regulations. While the...more
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has released updated regulations to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) that contain a number of material modifications to the initial CCPA regulations released in October...more
The California Consumer Privacy Act provides some relief to financial institutions, but these carve-outs are not a “get out of jail free” card. Blank Rome’s David Oberly and First National Bank of Long Island’s Tanweer Ansari...more
The California Office of the Attorney General has published proposed amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) draft regulations. The amendments are open for public comment until 5 pm PT on Feb. 24, 2020....more
Many businesses and their service providers have been awaiting final guidance from the California Attorney General concerning the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). When news came last Friday of a regulatory update...more
Keypoint: The modified proposed regulations make substantial changes to the proposed regulations, including modifying how consumer notices must be drafted and changing some of the requirements for receiving and responding to...more
With the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) effective for nearly one month, businesses continue to grapple with the many components of this new privacy framework. A key component of the CCPA is granting consumers the...more
Arizona businesses are not typically concerned about complying with the newest California laws going into effect. However, one California law in particular—the CCPA or California Consumer Privacy Act—has a scope that extends...more
On January 1, 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA or the “Act”) became effective. At a high level, the CCPA gives California residents, with certain exceptions, new rights to know what types of personal...more
On Jan. 6, 2020, the California attorney general (AG) released a CCPA advisory press release and reiterated what we already know – that “businesses subject to CCPA [are] required to begin complying with the law on January 1,...more
The January 1, 2020 effective date of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) has come and gone, but questions about how to comply with the law show no hint of disappearing. As companies move past their efforts to comply...more
Today’s gaming and hospitality companies are complex businesses and data driven processes and systems that collect significant and various types of customer information to provide unsurpassed customer service. ...more
On the last day of its 2019 session, the California legislature passed six bills that amend and clarify key provisions of the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”), the state’s landmark 2018 data privacy law. The CCPA,...more
The most significant piece of privacy legislation in the United States to date — the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) — is set to go in effect in just a few months, on January 1, 2020. When that time comes, the...more
In keeping with the hurried passage of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) at inception, the California legislature passed a flurry of amendments to the embattled privacy law just hours before the deadline of the...more