Effective Wednesday, July 1, 2020, the California Attorney General may begin enforcing the California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA). Passed just over two years ago, the CCPA requires regulated businesses to provide more transparency regarding their data privacy practices and gives California consumers…
Read MoreBuilding off the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”), the
Read MoreThe recent scrutiny and class action litigation accompanying Zoom’s rapid transformation to the cultural mainstream stands as a powerful reminder of the importance of proactively understanding and disclosing how a business collects, uses, and shares its customers’ personal information. In a cruel…
Read MoreLast month, the California AG released Version 2 of its proposed CCPA regulations. Version 2 made
Read MoreApproximately one month after taking effect, the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) popped up—albeit in a limited fashion—in consumer litigation. At the beginning of February, online retailer Hanna Andersson and Salesforce.com were hit with a class action lawsuit stemming from a reported…
Read MoreLate Friday, the California Attorney General’s Office (“CAG”) released
Read MoreDuring the final days of the 2019 legislative calendar, California lawmakers passed several bills to amend the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). If signed into law by the governor, the bills make the following substantive changes and clarifications: Employee information. Provides a…
Read MoreOn June 12, 2019, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) settled with LightYear Dealer Technologies, LLC (LightYear) over a major data breach that occurred in October of 2016 and the subsequent allegations that LightYear’s data security was woefully insufficient. LightYear, an auto dealer…
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