Among US states, California is the only one that treats employees as full “consumers,” providing them the right to an employee notice and an applicant notice and employee rights. While
Continue Reading Employee Privacy Rights Under CCPA: CalPrivacy Calls for CommentsNew CCPA Regs: Part 1: Dark Patterns
New California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) Regs are here, with comments open until June 2.
There are a lot of issues to address, and a lot of work for companies
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This Is NOT Your Grandfather’s Wiretap
If you are recording or transcribing real time exchanges of communications, like in a chat or text messages, and keep transcripts of the chats without permission, you may be in
Continue Reading This Is NOT Your Grandfather’s WiretapIAPP Panel: States Continue Efforts to Regulate Data Privacy
“Perfect is the enemy of the good where it comes to regulation of data privacy rights,” agree both Washington State Sen. Reuven Carlyle and California Supervising Deputy Attorney General Stacey
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California Moves Two COVID Privacy Bills Forward
Two bills dealing with processing COVID-19 data in California were referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Assembly Bill 660 prohibits data collected, received or prepared for purposes of contact tracing
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With Fate of Federal Privacy Law Uncertain, More States Expected to Follow California’s Lead
“Though it’s hard to predict what will happen with regard to a federal privacy bill in 2020, the reality is that the CCPA is here and other states will surely
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California AG Releases Title and Summary of CCPA 2.0 Ballot Measure
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra released the title and summary for the CCPA 2.0 ballot initiative, the California Privacy Rights Act.
Key provisions:
- Right to amend inaccurate information
- Right to
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California AG: Don’t Expect Major Changes to Proposed CCPA Regulations
The CCPA regs, they are not-a-changing.
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra doesn’t plan to make major changes to rules he proposed in October to enforce California’s new privacy law before
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Proponent of CCPA 2.0 Files Revised Version of Proposed ‘California Privacy Rights Act’
Alastair Mactaggart, the proponent of the “CCPA 2.0” ballot initiative in California, has submitted to the Office of the Attorney General a revised version of the proposed “California Privacy Rights
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Reminder: California’s IoT Law Also Takes Effect in January
California’s Internet of Things (IoT) law, which goes into effect on January 1, will regulate organizations that manufacture (or contract with another company to manufacture) certain types of connected devices
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