Privacy News

When the California Consumer Privacy Act 2018 (“CCPA”) went into effect on January 1, 2020, it brought with it the potential for a wave of class action lawsuits from California consumers whose personal identifiable information is compromised in data breaches. Read more

Final regulations to implement the California Consumer Privacy Act were released on August 14, 2020, and are now enforceable. Read more

California privacy lawyers have had a busy July digesting several significant developments in privacy law, at home and abroad. Enforcement actions under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the July 16 decision in Europe’s highest court to invalidate the Privacy Shield data transfer framework underscore that compliance cannot not stop with the posting of a policy or the inclusion of standard terms in a contract. Read more