Proposed California Data Breach Law Could Create a Clearinghouse
We have written before about how the lack of a national clearinghouse for large data breaches is a significant shortcoming of existing federal law. We have also speculated that if a large state were to...
View ArticleCALIFORNIA’S PROPOSED STRENGTHENED DATA PRIVACY LAW TERMINATED
It appears that John Connor is not the only thing from the future in Governor Schwarzenegger’s crosshairs. The Governator vetoed the update to California´s landmark privacy protection law (AB 700),...
View ArticleCalifornia Data Breach Notification Revision Gets New Life
You may recall that Governor Schwarzenegger "terminated" the proposed update to California´s landmark privacy protection law (AB 700), known as SB 20, which California’s State Legislature previously...
View ArticleCalifornia’s Simitian Moves to Bolster Data Breach Notices
California State Senator, Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto), who authored the state’s existing data breach law in 2002, has introduced Senate Bill 24 to strengthen the content of notices provided to...
View ArticleNew California Law Requires Disclosure of Websites’‘Do Not Track’ Policies
On Friday, September 27, 2013, Governor Brown signed California Assembly Bill 370 (AB 370), an amendment aimed at strengthening the state’s Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA), into law. AB 370...
View ArticleAmendments Seek to Strengthen California Consumer Privacy Act
Under a proposed amendment to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) filed Feb. 22, companies that amass user data could be the target of class-action litigation from state consumers if they’re...
View ArticleStep Aside California, New York Debuts Its Own Data Privacy Legislation
First we take Sacramento, then we take Albany… The New York Privacy Act, a privacy bill proposed by State Sen. Kevin Thomas, D-N.Y., bears similarities to the California Consumer Privacy Act. Like the...
View ArticleMultiple Proposed CCPA Amendments Survive Senate Judiciary Committee
Here’s the list of California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) amendments that passed the Senate Judiciary Committee and will move on to the Senate Appropriations Committee for a hearing in September,...
View ArticleProposal Would Add Passports, Biometric Data to California’s Data Breach...
Passports and biometric data would be included in the types of personal information covered by California’s data breach notification law, under a bill that passed the state Senate and is headed to Gov....
View ArticleCalifornia Adds Biometric Data, Other Identifiers, to Breach Notification Law
California has amended its data breach notification law to include biometric and other identifiers. The bill (AB 1130), signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on October 11, revises the definition of personal...
View ArticleState Regulators in California, Oregon Address IoT Device Security
“Manufacturers of smart microwaves, light bulbs, and other connected devices will face new security requirements in California and Oregon next year,” Reports Sara Merken for Bloomberg Law. “The two...
View ArticleReminder: 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...
View ArticleProponent of CCPA 2.0 Files Revised Version of Proposed ‘California Privacy...
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...
View ArticleCalifornia 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...
View ArticleCalifornia 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...
View ArticleWith Fate of Federal Privacy Law Uncertain, More States Expected to Follow...
“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 follow,” writes Jedidiah Bracy of the...
View ArticleCalifornia 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...
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IAPP 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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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 violation of your...
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