California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced yesterday a settlement reached with beauty product retailer, Sephora, Inc. (Sephora), resolving allegations that Sephora violated various provisions of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Specifically, it was alleged that Sephora failed to:
On Friday, January 28, 2022, the California Office of Attorney General issued a press release announcing that California DOJ sent notices alleging non-compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) to a number of businesses operating loyalty programs in California. The press release stated, inter alia:
“Under the CCPA, businesses that offer financial incentives,
While the nation was preoccupied with the presidential race, California voted “YES” on the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”), which amends and expands on the CCPA. Our previous post sets forth the highlights of the balloted Proposition 24, but in a nutshell, the CPRA was designed to close a number of loopholes in the
Nearly a year after the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) went into effect, Californians now have a chance to weigh in on the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA), which is on the November 3, 2020, ballot as Proposition 24. The CPRA is designed to strengthen consumer privacy protections by amending the CCPA
Rothwell Figg attorneys Martin M. Zoltick and Jenny L. Colgate published a chapter titled “Privacy, Data Protection, and Cybersecurity: A State-Law Analysis” in the International Comparative Legal Guide to: Data Protection 2020, published by Global Legal Group Ltd.
While some countries have enacted comprehensive privacy and data protection laws, like the EU’s General Data Protection
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) went into effect on January 1, 2020, and enforcement begins tomorrow, July 1, 2020. Is your privacy policy compliant? Here are a few quick questions that may help you determine the answer –
Articles summarizing CCPA often state that it applies to for-profit businesses that do business in California that satisfy certain criteria, and they fail to ever mention that CCPA does apply to some non-profits.
The CCPA defines “business” as “a sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, association, or other legal entity that is organized
On June 1, 2020, the California Attorney General submitted the final text of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations to the California Office of Administrative Law (OAL) for approval, which are substantially the same as the draft regulations released on March 11, 2020. Despite the ongoing development of the regulations, the CCPA took effect
Just last year the public was scrutinizing Big Tech for its collection and use of extraordinary amounts of data about people’s activities, from real-world location tracking to virtual lingering and clicks. This scrutiny led to the landmark California Consumer Privacy Act, among other general privacy and data protection laws around the world. Will Big Tech
By now, most of us have participated in at least one videoconference from the comfort of our homes, be it for a work meeting, a fitness class, or a virtual happy hour with friends across the country. Easing the transition from business-as-usual to social distancing and sheltering-in-place, these video communications platforms and apps have no