The first California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) settlement was announced on August 24, together with a strong message from California Attorney General Rob Bonta regarding compliance with the CCPA. The settlement involves Sephora USA, Inc., and resulted from a sweep of enforcements by the Attorney continue reading...
California employers have navigated the ever-changing privacy landscape when it comes to employee and personnel personal information (“human resources data”). For years, California employers’ obligations were narrow in scope compared to covered businesses’ broader obligations to consumers under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”). The continue reading...
Get ready, large employers. After years of amendments exempting the personal information of employees and other personnel from the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), covered employers now have a firm deadline by which to comply with the CCPA’s requirements in protecting employee and personnel personal continue reading...
In the midst of the chaos of the COVID-19 pandemic, the California Attorney General announced on Friday that the final California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations have been approved and are now in effect. The process that began in late 2019 (with some interesting twists continue reading...
Since the beginning of the year, industry leaders and counsel advising clients on data security issues have held their collective breath in anticipation of the tsunami of California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) lawsuits. The CPPA, ballyhooed over the past few years as the next big continue reading...
The arrival of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) on January 1, 2020 brings steep risk for companies that collect information on California residents. In particular, and among other statutory penalties, a business that suffers a data breach is subject to statutory penalties of $100-750 continue reading...
Businesses may receive a bit of breathing room as a result of two amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) passed on Friday, September 13, 2019, by the California Legislature. The Legislature gave businesses a one-year moratorium on two significant aspects of the law: continue reading...
On Thursday, March 16, 2019, the California Senate Appropriations Committee held in Committee SB 561, which would have greatly expanded the private right of action (i.e., the ability to bring private class actions) available under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”). SB 561 was introduced continue reading...
With the January 1, 2020 implementation date of the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA” or “Act”) fast approaching, businesses should start thinking not only about the steps toward compliance, but also the risks associated with non-compliance. Particularly in light of the introduction of SB 561, continue reading...
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 “California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018” (the “CCPA”) goes far beyond current U.S. privacy continue reading...
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