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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 Privacy Protection Agency Releases Draft Regulations on Risk Assessments

September 27, 2023 By Dorian Simmons and Hyun Jai Oh

On August 28, 2023, the California Privacy Protection Agency (the “Agency”) released two sets of draft regulations under the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”), one for risk assessments and another for cybersecurity audits, as part of the Agency’s informal rulemaking process. We discuss the draft cybersecurity audits in California Proposes Annual Audits to Assess […]

Filed Under: Artificial Intelligence, California, CCPA, Children's Privacy, CPA, CPPA, CPRA, NIST, Privacy, Regulation Tagged With: California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA), California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), Privacy, Regulations

Oregon Enacts Comprehensive State Privacy Law

September 15, 2023 By Dorian Simmons and John Heflin

On July 18, 2023, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed the Oregon Consumer Privacy Act (SB 619)(“OCPA”) into law, making Oregon the eleventh state to enact a comprehensive state privacy law. OCPA will take effect on July 1, 2024, however the effective date for covered non-profits is delayed until July 1, 2025. While OCPA aligns with […]

Filed Under: Data Protection, Legislation, Privacy

NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 Released for Public Comment

August 28, 2023 By Amy Mushahwar, Dorian Simmons and Alysa Austin

On August 8, 2023, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released the initial draft of its Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 and draft Implementation Examples for public comment. This marks the first significant update to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (“Framework”) since its initial release in 2014, which is intended to address current and future cybersecurity […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Data Security, FTC, NIST Tagged With: Cybersecurity, Data security, NIST

California Attorney General Launches CCPA Investigative Sweep for Employers

July 18, 2023 By Dorian Simmons and Yin Zhao

On July 14, 2023, California Attorney General Rob Bonta launched investigations into large California employers regarding their compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”) as it relates to their processing of employee and job applicant personal information. Attorney General Bonta’s investigative sweep is the first CCPA enforcement activity related to employee data. The […]

Filed Under: California, CCPA, CPRA Tagged With: California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Employee Privacy, Enforcement

Texas Becomes Tenth State to Enact a Comprehensive State Privacy Law

July 13, 2023 By Kim Peretti, Dorian Simmons and John Heflin

On June 18, 2023, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (HB 4) (“TDPSA”) into law, making Texas the latest contributor to the growing patchwork of comprehensive U.S. state privacy laws. TDPSA takes effect July 1, 2024, except for provisions that enable consumers to designate authorized agents to exercise on […]

Filed Under: Data Protection, Legislation, Online Privacy, Privacy Tagged With: Data Protection, Privacy, US State Law

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