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Which CCPA Amendments Made the Cut?

April 30, 2019 By Kaeley Brown and David Keating

We may now have more clarity on what the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”) will look like when it goes into effect on January 1, 2020.  The California Assembly’s Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection approved a series of bills last week that will now advance to the Appropriations Committee before being put to […]

Filed Under: California, Cybersecurity, Legislation, Privacy, Regulation Tagged With: California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)

Washington Privacy Bill Fails to Advance through House; Unlikely to Pass

April 26, 2019 By Dorian Simmons

The Washington Privacy Act (WPA) failed to make it through the house before April 17, the last day to consider non-budget policy bills in the Washington legislature.  Despite passing through the senate with overwhelming support (as previously reported), the WPA stalled in the house due to differences between the senate and house bills.  As a […]

Filed Under: Legislation, Privacy Tagged With: Washington Privacy Act (WPA)

Spring Legislative Update: Two New Laws and Two Amendments

April 24, 2019 By Kaeley Brown

Legislative and regulatory activity continues apace, with four states making changes to their data privacy and cybersecurity legislation in the past month alone.  West Virginia and Mississippi enacted new legislation while Virginia and Utah amended their existing data breach notification laws. Virginia On March 18, 2019, Virginia amended its data breach notification statute. (VA HB […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Protection, Data Security, Legislation, Privacy

Privacy for All and Employees Excluded: Amendments to the CCPA That Have Traction

April 24, 2019 By Kaeley Brown

When first introduced on February 22, 2019, AB 1760 aimed to merely fix a few typographical errors in the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (the “CCPA”).  However, when AB 1760 was first amended on April 4, 2019, the bill turned into a wholesale replacement of the CCPA with the “Privacy For All Act of […]

Filed Under: California, Data Protection, Legislation, Privacy, Uncategorized Tagged With: California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)

FTC Announces New Cybersecurity Requirements, Privacy Rule Update

April 3, 2019 By Michael Young

In March, the Federal Trade Commission announced proposed updates to two key privacy and security regulations, the Safeguards Rule and Privacy Rule. Both rules implement regulations under the federal Gramm Leach Bliley Act, and the FTC seeks comments for both. The FTC’s proposed update to the Safeguards Rule would impose a number of information security […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Protection, Data Security, Financial Privacy, Legislation, Online Privacy, Privacy, Regulation, Security Breach Tagged With: Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Privacy Rule, Safeguards Rule

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