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About Dorian Simmons

Dorian Simmons is a senior associate with Alston & Bird’s Technology & Privacy Group and Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team. Dorian focuses his practice on technology transactions and data privacy issues. He assists clients with technology contracting and procurement, and privacy and data security-related matters.

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California Attorney General Announces Investigative Sweep into “Surveillance Pricing”

January 29, 2026 By Daniel Felz, Dorian Simmons and Christian Seremetis

On January 28, 2026, California Attorney General (“AG”) Rob Bonta announced an investigative sweep targeting “surveillance pricing” practices among businesses in the retail, grocery, and hotel sectors. The investigation focuses on companies that use consumers’ personal information to set individualized prices. According to the AG’s press release, surveillance pricing practices could violate the California Consumer […]

Filed Under: Adtech & Digital Tracking, AI Cybersecurity & Privacy, Artificial Intelligence (AI), California Privacy & the CCPA, Consumer Protection/FTC, Privacy & Cyber Regulatory Enforcement, Privacy & Cybersecurity Litigation Tagged With: Antitrust, Artificial Intelligence, Behavioral Tracking, Big Data, California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), Privacy, Regulatory Enforcement, US State Law

New York Regulates Large Artificial Intelligence Models

January 21, 2026 By Kim Peretti, Jennifer Everett, Scott Hilsen, Dorian Simmons and Santi Villar

On December 19, 2025, just eight days after President Trump issued an executive order titled “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence” to challenge burdensome state laws that regulate artificial intelligence (the “December 2025 EO”), New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Responsible Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) Safety and Education Act (the “RAISE Act”). The […]

Filed Under: AI Cybersecurity & Privacy, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Board Governance & Cyber Risk Management Tagged With: Artificial Intelligence, New York, US State Law

California Finalizes New and Amended CCPA Regulations

September 24, 2025 By David Keating, Dorian Simmons and Anna von Spakovsky

On September 23, 2025, the California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”) announced that the California Office of Administrative Law (“OAL”) had approved the new and amended California Consumer Privacy Act regulations that the CPPA delivered to OAL for approval following the CPPA’s July 24, 2025 Board meeting. This was the last step under California law to […]

Filed Under: Adtech & Digital Tracking, AI Cybersecurity & Privacy, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Board Governance & Cyber Risk Management, California Privacy & the CCPA, Privacy & Cyber Regulatory Enforcement Tagged With: Artificial Intelligence, California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA), California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), Privacy, US State Law

CPPA Board Votes to Adopt CCPA Regulations; Open DROP Rules to Public Comment

July 25, 2025 By Dorian Simmons

On July 24, 2025, the California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”) Board voted to adopt draft regulations under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) concerning cybersecurity audits, risk assessments, automated decisionmaking technologies, and the CCPA’s application to insurance companies. The approved regulations also include certain updates to the existing CCPA regulations. The CPPA will now submit […]

Filed Under: AI Cybersecurity & Privacy, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Board Governance & Cyber Risk Management, California Privacy & the CCPA, Privacy & Cyber Regulatory Enforcement Tagged With: Artificial Intelligence, California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA), California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), Cybersecurity, Privacy, Regulatory Enforcement, US State Law

CPPA Board to Discuss Draft CCPA Regulations, DROP Requirements

July 23, 2025 By Dorian Simmons

The California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”) Board will meet on Thursday, July 24 to discuss the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) draft regulations on cybersecurity audits, risk assessments, automatic decisionmaking technology (“ADMT”), the CCPA’s application to insurance companies, and updates to the existing CCPA regulations. Ahead of the meeting, the CPPA re-issued the draft regulations […]

Filed Under: AI Cybersecurity & Privacy, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Board Governance & Cyber Risk Management, California Privacy & the CCPA, Privacy & Cyber Regulatory Enforcement Tagged With: Artificial Intelligence, California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA), California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), Cybersecurity, Data Protection, US State Law

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