On July 30, 2024, the New York Attorney General Letitia James announced she had completed an investigation into the tracking technology practices of popular websites, and used this to create website privacy guides on online tracking for New York businesses and consumers. These consist of a “Business Guide” and a “Consumer Guide.” The Business Guide […]
New York AG Seeks Comments on Rulemaking for Minors’ Online Protection Laws
On August 1, 2024, New York Attorney General (“AG”) Letitia James issued two advanced notices of proposed rulemaking (“ANPRs”) for the Stop Addictive Feeds Exploitation (SAFE) for Kids Act (the “SAFE Act”) and the Child Data Protection Act (the “CDPA”), both of which New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law on June 20, 2024. […]
CPPA Board Declines to Advance CCPA Regulations to Formal Rulemaking; CPPA Highlights Enforcement Priorities
On July 16, 2024, the California Privacy Protection Agency (the “CPPA”) board declined to advance to formal rulemaking California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) draft regulations on cybersecurity audits, risk assessments, automated decisionmaking technology, insurance companies and updates to existing regulations. The CPPA board voted against advancing the regulations during its board meeting when it also […]
California AG Announces $500,000 Settlement with Mobile Game App Company for Unlawful Collection and Sharing of Children’s Data
On June 18, 2024, California Attorney General (“AG”) Rob Bonta and Los Angeles City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto announced a settlement with a video game developer and publisher regarding allegations that the company violated the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”), the federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) and California’s Unfair Competition Law (the […]
Data Breach Notification Requirements under the Safeguards Rule Now in Effect
For years, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) has required financial institutions to maintain reasonable safeguards for consumer data, but has only had limited breach-reporting requirements. To the extent financial institutions were subject to breach-reporting obligations, these were set by non-GLBA legislation, such as state law, or by relatively narrow incident-reporting rules under Interagency Guidelines overseen by […]