Last week, the California Privacy Protection Agency (the “Agency”) invited public comment on its preliminary rulemaking. As previously discussed, the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”) established the Agency and tasked…
On July 19, 2021, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced his first-year enforcement update on the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), and unveiled a tool to help the Attorney General’s…
Colorado has just adopted a brand-new data privacy law and Nevada has just significantly amended its law. These changes add rights for consumers, and compliance obligations for businesses, that take…
Since the implementation of the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) 18 months ago, more than 75 lawsuits have been filed seeking damages using the Act’s private cause of action. The CCPA…
On Monday, June 14, 2021, the Board of the California Privacy Protection Agency (“Agency”) hosted its first inaugural public meeting. As discussed in a prior posting, the California Privacy Rights…
On March 15, 2021, California’s Attorney General announced the adoption of updates to the regulations implementing the California Consumer Protection Act (“CCPA”). The final (for now) regulations are available here.…
On December 10, 2020, California’s Attorney General formally announced a fourth round of proposed modifications to the AG’s regulations regarding the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”). These modifications include the…
Ransomware attacks continue to plague businesses across the globe. As companies enhance their defenses, attackers increase the sophistication of their software and its deployment. Ransomware attacks used to be limited…
On June 23, 2020, Avi Gesser and HJ Brehmer from Debevoise’s Data Strategy & Security Group, along with our special guest, Dave Wong, VP at FireEye Mandiant, had a discussion…
It looks like the California Attorney General’s implementing regulations for the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) are, finally, final. On June 1, 2020, the California Attorney General submitted for publication…