In November 2020, California voters approved a new data privacy law. Unfortunately, the law contains a provision that may threaten the future of digital content for underrepresented communities.

In Privacy Versus the Pandemic, Perkins Coie Privacy attorneys take a trip around the world to explore the interplay between privacy and public health during the COVID-19 outbreak.

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) went into effect over five months ago, on January 1, 2020. Although enforcement by the California attorney general cannot begin until July 1, private plaintiffs have been bringing claims under the law’s limited private right of action since before the beginning of the year.

Today commercial landlords and tenants are preparing to safeguard their employees and customers from Covid-19 risks.

COVID-19 arrives just as the first omnibus privacy statute in the United States, the CCPA became effective. Since its January 1 effective date, we continue to wait for finalization of the CCPA regulations and enforcement that was slated for July 1.

Beginning January 1, 2020, companies doing business in California that meet certain criteria will be subject to a new regulation, as the sweeping California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) goes into effect.

On 10 October 2019, after much anticipation, the California Attorney General, Xavier Becerra, held a press conference and announced the release of proposed regulations, intended to further the purposes of the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA).

This article was republished in the November 2019 issue of Data Protection Leader.

The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), which goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2020, has signaled a new push in the United States to strengthen and broaden privacy regulations, similar to the trends seen in the European Union through the passage and implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

States across the country are enacting or proposing legislation to regulate the collection, storage, use and disclosure of biometric data.

As we approach the California Consumer Privacy Act’s (CCPA) effective date of January 1, 2020, brick-and-mortar businesses that increasingly engage with consumers online will have to begin their compliance efforts.

To comply with the CCPA, you need to know your data. You need to know what personal information you collect, where it is collected and stored, and whether, to whom, and for what purpose, it is shared or sold. And to know your data, you need to conduct a thorough data inventory.

For any company handling personal information (PI), an incident involving unauthorized access of the PI may be a question of when and not if. The question then becomes: what does the company need to do?

Recent privacy laws and standards promote, and in some cases require, privacy by design. Simply put, companies are to incorporate privacy principles in and throughout all its products and services.

The California Office of the Attorney General (“OAG” or “Office”) held the first two of its six public hearings on January 8, 2019 in San Francisco and on January 14, 2018 in San Diego to solicit public comments and feedback in preparation for its rulemaking efforts under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”).

The CCPA creates eight consumer rights, eight corresponding business obligations and three independent business obligations.

Beyond preparing for this year’s holiday rush, retailers around the country have started thinking about potential changes to their operations in response to California’s sweeping new consumer privacy law.

Does your company handle data analytics to target California consumers? If so, it is imperative that you pay close attention to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) that goes into effect on January 1, 2020. The CCPA goes well beyond the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR); however, if you’ve achieved compliance with the GDPR, you are well on your way to achieving CCPA compliance.

On June 28, 2018, California adopted the strictest general privacy and data security law in the country, called the “California Consumer Privacy Act” (codified in Assembly Bill 375), which will come into effect on January 1, 2020.

California was the first state in the country to provide a private cause of action to consumers whose sensitive personal information was exposed by data breaches.

Chinese businesses operating in the United States are subject to a variety of laws concerning the collection, use, and protection of customer information. An important recent law in this area is the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).

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Has COVID-19 delayed CCPA Compliance? Listen as a panel of leaders share their top tips to get your company ready before enforcement begins in July 2020.

Perkins Coie’s CCPA Week
This webinar will address enforcement risks under the CCPA, and how to manage compliance obligations to minimize litigation risk. Our speakers are class action litigators actively consulting clients in CCPA compliance. The topics will include, among other things, a discussion about the various enforcement mechanisms, notice and operational strategies to minimize risk, third party contracts, and exceptions and defenses to CCPA claims.

This webinar explores the steps policyholders can take now to address coverage issues presented by the CCPA. Topics include the types of policies that may respond to CCPA claims, how to negotiate favorable terms in your insurance policies and tips on loss management strategies.

Perkins Coie’s CCPA Week
This webinar explores the steps policyholders can take now to address coverage issues presented by the CCPA. Topics will include the types of policies that may respond to CCPA claims, how to negotiate favorable terms in your insurance policies and tips on loss management strategies.

Perkins Coie’s CCPA Week
This webinar will explore how the CCPA differs from the GDPR, how retailers can leverage existing compliance initiatives and governance programs to prepare for the CCPA and the unique challenges and opportunities retailers are likely to face in compliance efforts.

Perkins Coie’s CCPA Week
The CCPA exempts processing of personal information “pursuant to” the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA). This webinar will explore the contours of this exemption and examines activities to which financial institutions might be subject to enforcement actions under the CCPA.

Perkins Coie’s CCPA Week
Collecting, using, or storing biometric data presents a host of litigation risks. This webinar will provide an overview of the status of biometrics laws in the U.S., the protections that the CCPA provides to California residents and insight into best practices to reduce litigation risk.