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California Amends Key CCPA Definitions

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California is set to amend the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) with two recent amendments that have been signed into law. Assembly Bill (AB 1008) and Senate Bill 1223 (SB 1223) aim to clarify how the law...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

California Joins Colorado in the Brain Wave Action

California’s governor has signed an amendment to CCPA, the state’s well-known privacy law. While California was the first to pass a “comprehensive” privacy law, it is the second -with this new amendment- to include “neural...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Promising Decision in Wiretapping Case, Win for Businesses

Those tracking CIPA litigation are familiar with the recent decision holding in favor of a company whose site had an online chat operated by a vendor. The court in that case held (1) that the company had not violated the...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

California's Privacy Regulator Issues Enforcement Guidance on How To Avoid "Dark Patterns" in Obtaining Consumer Consent

On September 4, 2024, the California Privacy Protection Agency ("CPPA") announced that it issued an Enforcement Advisory ("Advisory") providing guidance on how to avoid using prohibited "Dark Patterns" to obtain consent from...more

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Proactive Protections Against CIPA Mass Arbitrations? Updated Terms of Use

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Businesses operating public facing websites that employ data analytics software to track users’ website interactions must be aware of a novel use of the California Information Privacy Act (“CIPA”) that has taken the...more

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From Song Beverly to CIPA: Wave of Privacy Litigation in California Targets IP Addresses

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An Internet Protocol (IP) address is a unique identifier assigned to a device that is connected to a computer network. In the internet ecosystem, the IP allows a network host to communicate with a network participant and...more

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Could More Employer Data Privacy Obligations Be in California’s Future? Recap of California Agency’s Recent Board Meeting

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State officials who oversee California’s data privacy law recently convened a public meeting to discuss various privacy-related matters – and may have signaled that an explanation of employer obligations under the law could...more

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How Much Data is Too Much? 4 Steps Businesses Should Take as California Focuses On Data Minimization Requirements

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Businesses take heed: California state officials just warned that the law prohibits you from collecting unnecessary data and retaining data for longer than necessary. The California Privacy Protection Agency published its...more

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California Attorney General Announces Second Public CCPA Enforcement Settlement

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Keypoint: In only its second public enforcement settlement, the California Attorney General announced a $375,000 fine along with injunctive relief. On February 21, 2024, the California Attorney General announced that it had...more

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The California Privacy Rights Act: An Overview

The California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) provides comprehensive regulation of the personal information (PI) of California residents. PI includes any “information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

California’s “Delete Act” Significantly Expands Requirements for Data Brokers

California recently passed a groundbreaking new law aimed at further regulating the data broker industry. California is already one of only three states (along with Oregon and Vermont) that require data brokers—businesses...more

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CPRA Enforcement Activity Underway Despite Court Ruling to Delay

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The California Attorney General's (the "Cal AG") office appears to be moving forward with enforcement activities, despite a recent court ruling delaying enforcement of CPRA regulations. In the past month, since the amendments...more

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California Privacy Protection Agency Announces CCPA Enforcement Focus

A plan for an enforcement program under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)/California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) (collectively CCPA) is on its way from the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA). Despite a recent...more

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The California Attorney General and the California Privacy Protection Agency Are Accelerating Enforcement on CCPA/CPRA...

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California businesses, including employers, who have not already complied with their statutory data privacy obligations under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA),...more

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Summary of California Consumer Rights and Business Deadlines for Responding to Privacy-Related Requests

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Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), California consumers may exercise certain rights in relation to their personal information – and businesses have strict deadlines to respond to such consumer requests. These...more

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Compliance Next Steps: Employment and B2B Data in California

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The exemption for employment-related and business-to-business (B2B) data under California’s privacy law expired on January 1, 2023. Without this exemption, information previously allowed to be excluded now falls within the...more

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California Privacy Protection Agency Amends Proposed CPRA Regulations

Last week, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) released updated California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) draft regulations and a summary of the changes. The regulations remain in the proposal stage and it is unclear...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

California Passes Landmark Privacy Protections for Children With Big Implications for Online Providers

Governor Newsom recently signed into law AB 2273, the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (CA AADCA), making California the first state to pass broad privacy protections for children. The CA AADCA is modeled after...more

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Coal in the Stocking for Retail Employers: The California Privacy Rights Act

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As the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) replaces its predecessor, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), on January 1, 2023, retailers face a significant amount of compliance preparation—and right at peak season. The...more

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CPPA Issues Draft CPRA Regulations

On May 27, 2022, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) released draft regulations (though still not yet part of a formal rulemaking process) that include what would be seismic changes to California Privacy Rights...more

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California Consumer Privacy Act Litigation Year in Review 2021

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California has the most comprehensive privacy law in the United States. The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) went into effect on January 1, 2020, and regulates any “business” that does business in California. The CCPA...more

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Steps to Take in 2022 To Prepare for New State Privacy Laws

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Privacy In Focus®- The last several years have seen major developments in state privacy laws. While Congress remains gridlocked on the federal privacy front, states enacted omnibus data privacy bills that will impact...more

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Privacy Update: California Signs New CCPA and Privacy Related Bills into Law

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California Signs New CCPA and Privacy Related Bills into Law - California’s Governor recently signed into law three new bills impacting CCPA and privacy in California, including: AB 335, which exempts from the CCPA and...more

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