Late last week, the Californa Attorney General published much-anticipated proposed Regulations under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”). The Regulations are extensive and contain a number of potentially material business impacts. To help companies work through the Regulations, Alston & Bird’s Privacy & Data Security team published a client advisory outlining “21 Potentially Significant […]
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California Releases Proposed CCPA Regulations
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra released today a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Action and Proposed Regulations for the California Consumer Privacy Act. The Attorney General will hold four public hearings to address these regulations on December 2, 3, 4, and 5, 2019. The written comment period will then end on December 6, 2019. These regulations […]
New Hampshire Passes Insurance Data Security Law
New Hampshire recently passed its Insurance Data Security Law based on the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Insurance Data Security Model Law. The law will go into effect January 1, 2020. New Hampshire is one of several states, including Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Michigan, Mississippi, Ohio, and South Carolina, that has passed an insurance data […]
The CCPA Could Reset Data Breach Litigation Risks
While much has been written about the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), the focus has primarily been on the new rights it affords California consumers to have access to and control use of their data and opt out of many transfers to third parties. While this is a sea change in data privacy legislation in […]
Oregon Extends Data Breach Notification Obligations to Third Parties
On May 24, 2019, Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed into law Senate Bill 684 (SB 684). SB 684 amends the Oregon Consumer Identity Theft Protection Act (“OCITPA”) by extending data breach notification obligations to vendors and by broadening the definition of “personal information” to include information used to access an online account. SB684 extends breach […]