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Takeaways from the California Attorney General’s First-Year CCPA Enforcement Update
Just over one year ago, on July 1, 2020, the California attorney general began enforcing the California Consumer Privacy Act. To mark the one-year anniversary of enforcement actions, California Attorney General Rob Bonta provided an update on his office’s CCPA enforcement efforts over the past year (and published an accompanying […]
Colorado Becomes Third State to Pass a Comprehensive Privacy Law
On July 7, 2021, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) into law. The CPA is now the third comprehensive consumer privacy law to be passed in the United States, after the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and Virginia’s Consumer Data Privacy Act (CDPA). Enforcement of the CPA will begin July 1, 2023. […]
Virginia Becomes Second US State to Enact Comprehensive Privacy Law
Last week, Virginia’s governor signed into law the Consumer Data Protection Act, which will take effect on January 1, 2023. This makes Virginia the second state in the US to pass a comprehensive data privacy law. California became the first with the enactment of the California Consumer Privacy Act of […]
Global Privacy Roundup: The World Beyond Europe and California
Since Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation took effect in May 2018, a growing number of legislatures around the world have introduced comprehensive data protection laws that emulate the GDPR or have updated existing laws to align with it. California became the first major non-European economy to catch the GDPR wave […]
Fourth Proposed Revisions to the CCPA Regulations: Additional Minor Modifications
On December 10, 2020, the California Attorney General published a fourth set of proposed modifications to the California Consumer Privacy Act. This follows revisions proposed in February, March and October 2020. As a reminder, the CCPA is in effect and being enforced by both the California AG and the plaintiffs’ bar. Generally speaking, these modifications present relatively […]
California Voters Pass the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020
California voters appear to have approved Proposition 24, a proposal to adopt the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA). As of this posting, California voters had voted “yes” on the measure by a 55-44% margin with 71% of precincts reporting. Most major media outlets have projected that the measure […]
Third Proposed Revisions to the CCPA Regulations: New Illustrative Examples and Minor Changes
On October 12, 2020, the California Attorney General published a third set of proposed modifications to the regulations adopted pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act. This follows revisions proposed in February and March 2020 that were largely approved following review by the Office of Administrative Law. As a reminder, […]
California Legislature Passes One-Year Extension of CCPA’s Human Resources and B2B Exemptions
On August 30, 2020, the California Legislature passed Assembly Bill 1281, which would extend until January 1, 2022 the exemptions under the California Consumer Privacy Act for certain human resources and business-to-business information. Governor Newsom has until September 30, 2020 to sign or veto AB 1281. If the governor takes […]
CCPA Regulations Take Effect August 14, 2020, California AG Announces Final Revisions
On August 14, 2020, the California Attorney General announced that the state’s Office of Administrative Law approved the AG’s proposed regulations pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act. The final regulations, which took immediate effect on the day of the announcement, reflect the withdrawal of the following provisions (as well […]
CCPA Round-Up: Enforcement Begins; “CCPA 2.0” Qualifies for November Ballot; Facebook Updates CCPA Stance
The California Attorney General’s power to enforce the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) took effect today, July 1, 2020, after a busy week of CCPA-related developments that included: The California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (aka “CCPA 2.0”) qualifying for California’s November 3, 2020 General Election ballot; and Facebook’s announcement […]