Governments are increasingly seeking to leverage consumer geolocation and other mobile device data to assist with fighting the spread of COVID-19, as cases continue to mount globally. Location data can be of significant value to public health models, such as models that determine areas where social-distancing measures are needed or test whether such measures are […]
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The Updated CCPA Regulations: Alston & Bird Detail the 30 Key Business Impacts
Late last Friday afternoon, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra released updated regulations to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The updates contain a number of material modifications to the initial CCPA regulations that AG Becerra’s office released in October 2019. Alston & Bird has compiled a privacy briefing summarizing the 30 key modifications to […]
SEC Releases Detailed Set of “Cybersecurity and Resiliency Observations”
On January 28, 2020, the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”) released a detailed set of observations culled from thousands of examinations of registered investment advisers, broker-dealers, clearing agencies, national exchanges, and other SEC registrants (“Observations”). These Observations represent the most detailed compilation of strategies and tools that OCIE has observed to promote […]
California Releases Modified CCPA Regulations
On February 7, 2020, the California Office of the Attorney General released Modified Regulations to the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”). The Modified Regulations update the Initial Proposed Regulations, which were previously published on October 11, 2019. The deadline to submit written comments is February 24, 2020 at 5:00 pm PST. We will follow up […]
SHIELD Act Overhauls New York’s Data Breach Notification Framework
On October 23, 2019, New York’s new breach notification provisions came into effect, a result of New York’s passage of the Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act (SHIELD Act) in July. That Act overhauled New York’s data privacy framework, expanding the list of data elements that are considered “private information” while growing the […]