Privacy News

Northeastern states are making major changes to their privacy laws. Maine enacted a narrow bill, New York significantly amended one of its pending comprehensive privacy proposals, and the Massachusetts House shelved its flagship privacy bill. Read more

On July 8, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) started the formal rulemaking process to adopt proposed regulations implementing the Consumer Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA), which amended the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Read more

If there is one thing that could be considered a silver lining of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is the accelerated discussion of employee privacy issues and workplace monitoring. The mass movement to remote work in recent years has put the spotlight on whether and how employees have privacy rights. Read more

CLA’s Privacy Law Section summarizes important developments in California privacy and beyond. Read more

On April 28, 2022, the United States with 60-plus partners from around the globe launched The Declaration for the Future of the Internet. This Declaration sets out the vision and principles of a trusted Internet. Read more

On April 13, The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) announced it will hold Pre-Rulemaking Stakeholder Sessions via Zoom video and telephone conference. The stakeholder sessions will be held on May 4th, May 5th, and May 6th, 2022. These sessions are intended to provide stakeholders to speak on topics relevant to the upcoming rulemaking, assisting the Agency as it develops regulations. Read more

On April 1, 2022, Japan is set to begin enforcement on the amendment to its Act on the Protection of Personal Information (“APPI”). The APPI was originally adopted in 2003 – making it one of the first data protection regulations. However, with the passing of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and China’s Personal Information Protection Law (“PIPL”), Japan has now overhauled its own data protection law in order to meet the current privacy climate. Read more

On March 23, 2022, the Oklahoma House passed the Oklahoma Computer Data Privacy Act (HB 2969) 74-15. However, HB 2969 failed to advance past the Senate Judiciary committee in April 2022. Senator Julie Daniels (R-Bartlesville), who chaired the Senate Judiciary meeting, declined to grant the bill a hearing. Read more

May 2022 By Alyona Eidinger As it was reported in the February issue of the Privacy Law Review, Senator Bob Wieckowski  introduced SB 1189, or Biometric Information, a measure in the California Senate on February 17, 2022. This bill, partially based on the Illinois’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”), establishes very specific rules for collection, disclosure, and sale of biometric information by a “Private Entity.” The definition of the private entity is very broad and includes “an individual, partnership, corporation,… Read more

Lately, it seems with every passing month, the adtech world is more and more shaken up by privacy regulation. When I sit down to write these updates, I make a list of what has happened in adtech privacy since my last article, and every time I end up with a ridiculously long list. It reminds me of the song “We didn’t start the fire” by Billy Joel. It's an ever-growing list. There’s so much on the list that there’s no time to dig into each topic. (I guess that could be said about privacy in general too). Read more