California Attorney General, Rob Bonta, recently issued a reminder to health app developers about their obligations to protect healthcare data – and specifically reproductive health data – under California law following the SCOTUS decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's...
California Attorney General Rob Bonta has recently announced his office is conducting “an investigative sweep” of businesses that offer customer loyalty programs to ensure they are fully complying with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The enforcement drive,...
Two bills have been signed by California Governor Gavin Newsom that impact the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The bills have added new exceptions to the right to opt-out of the sale of personal information and the definition of personal information in the...
A lawsuit filed against Blackbaud Inc. alleging violations of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) has survived a motion to dismiss. Judge Childs of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina declined to dismiss the plaintiffs’ claims...
On June 2018, 2018, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) was signed into law, and the CCPA took effect on January 1, 2020. It has been more than 18 months since compliance with the privacy law became mandatory, so how effective has it been so far? The main aim...
It has been a year since compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) has been mandatory and financial penalties and sanctions have been possible for CCPA violations. The CCPA was introduced on January 3, 2018 and was signed into law by California...
In California the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ballot initiative has been passed after winning the approval of 56% of votes. This means that Californiance Consumers Privacy Act will be amended to incorporate additional rights for the consumer. Along with this...
A third set of proposed modifications to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) has been released by the California Department of Justice. The California attorney general became authorized to enforce the law on July 1, 2020, and the California Office of...
In California an accusation that the illegal harvesting the biometric data of over 100 million Instagram users has taken place has resulted in legal proceedings being initiated against Facebook, owner of the image sharing social media platform. The legal action was...
A California federal court legal action alleges that Google has been tracking smartphone users’ app activity without adequate authorization in breach of the California Consumer Privacy Act. The legal action that was filed in the Northern District of California last...
Due to an alleged failure to put in place appropriate security measures to safeguard protect personal information, online design marketplace Minted Inc. is facing a class action lawsuit for breaching the California Consumers' Privacy Act. The proposed class action...
Last week a group of four four Republican Senators revealed that they are proposing federal privacy legislation that will establish rules in relation to the collation and use of personal information during the Coronavirus pandemic. The group, which includes Roger...
The California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”), an Act that was drafted to address some of the supposed shortcomings of the recently introduced Californian Consumers' Privacy Act (CCPA), has moved closer to a reality as advocates have secured 900,000 of the 1 millions...
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has released a statement, reminding Californians of their rights in relation to their privacy, which further emphasized his office's commitment to stick to the July 1 2020 enforcement date for the California Consumer Privacy...
Zoom, a video conferencing software application that has experienced explosive growth due to the social distancing measures introduced globally during the COVID19 crisis, has had a class action lawsuit filed against it in the Northern District of California this week...
Following the declaration of a state of emergency by California Governor Gavin Newsom in a bid to stem the surge of COVID-19, trade associations have issued a plea to have CCPA enforcement suspended until 2021. The pleas was directed towards California Attorney...
It is important to remember that, despite the wide-reaching and deep impact the the COVID-19 pandemic, the rights of individuals to have their protection respected are as important and relevant as ever. In recent weeks we have see a relaxing on the policing of HIPAA...
The Marriott Hotel Group has revealed that it has suffered its third data breach in just over two years and has impacted the private data of up to 5.2m guests. The hotel group that operates Marriott Hotel, Starwood Hotels released a statement that said uses an...
In California a state senator in California is submitting proposed legislation which would allow for greater direct supervision in relation to direct genetic testing companies to the consumer. Santa Ana Democratic Senator Thomas Umberg has formulated the proposed...
An advisory has been released by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra reminding consumers of their new rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which became enforceable January 1 this year. In the advisory Becerra outlines the rights allocated to...
From today the Californian Consumer Privacy Act becomes enforceable, state-level legislation that obligates companies to alert users of the intent to monetize their data, and give them a simple way of opting out of this. It governs, and has massive implications for...
Facebook has taken the move to suspend "tens of thousands" of apps that are in operation on its platform as it continues to try and stem what it suspects is the collection of large amounts of user profile data. This move comes towards the end of a turbulent 2019 for...
The results of a recent survey published by privacy experts PossibleNOW has revealed that more than 50% US companies do not expect to be fully prepared for the introduction of the Californian Consumer Privacy Act when it comes into effect on January 1 2020. 1,500 US...
According to a report released by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) and OneTrust, prior to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) becoming enforceable on January 1, 2020, nearly 50% of all companies will not be ready to comply with...
The results of a new study, conducted by privacy compliance company TrustArc, in relation to the level of preparedness for California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) will lead to a lot of worry among tech groups based in California. It indicates that 86% of companies that...
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) introduced new standards for data protection in Europe. Introduced in May 2018, GDPR changed the way that businesses handle collect, handle, and process consumer data. The regulations also granted new rights to...
The California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA) is due to become enforceable on January 1, 2020. Corporations, government agencies and other groups will be using 2019 to prepare for the new legislation. The proposed legislation allows Californian residents the following...
The Californian Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) was signed into law in June 2018. Many data privacy experts have compared CCPA to Europe’s latest data protection legislation, the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). Much like GDPR, CCPA has changed how businesses...
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced today that the California Department of Justice will hold six public forums on the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) starting January 8. During the December press meeting in which the public forums were...
Impact of CCPA on Business The Californian Governor Jerry Brown signed the Californian Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) into law in June 2018. The CCPA has revolutionised the data privacy rights of Californian residents. CCPA offers new rights to consumers over their data...
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