On March 22, 2024, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) published the Regulations on Promoting and Regulating Cross-border Data Flow (the “Regulations”), effective immediately. The Regulations supplement China data protection laws (the Cybersecurity Law, the Data Security Law, and the Personal Information Protection Law), and take precedence over previously-issued data transfer rules, such as (a) […]
California Attorney General Launches CCPA Investigative Sweep for Employers
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 […]
CPPA Formal Rulemaking Began on July 8, 2022
On July 8, 2022, the California Privacy Protection Agency (the “CPPA” or “Agency”) began the formal rulemaking process to adopt regulations implementing the amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”) introduced by the California Privacy Rights Act (the “CPRA”). The “Proposed CCPA Regulations” (the “Proposed Regulations” or “Regulations”) were originally released by the […]
The California Privacy Protection Agency Solicits Public Input on Forthcoming Privacy Regulations
The California Privacy Protection Agency Board began its preliminary rulemaking activities to solicit input on forthcoming regulations under the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”) in September 2021 when it met to review the CPRA rulemaking process. On September 22, 2021 the Agency began soliciting preliminary written public comments. The Agency then held informational sessions on […]
U.S. Department of Commerce Announces the Establishment of a Global CBPR Forum
On April 21, 2022, Canada, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Philippines, Singapore, Chinese Taipei, and the United States of America issued a Global Cross-Border Privacy Rules Declaration announcing the establishment of the Global Cross-Border Privacy Rules Forum (“Global CBPR Forum”). U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo, in her statement, described the establishment of […]