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Landmark New Privacy Law in California to Challenge Businesses Nationwide

July 5, 2018 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

Following our June 4 and July 2, 2018 blog posts tracking California’s November 2018 ballot measure turned hastily enacted new California privacy law titled The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), Alston & Bird’s Privacy & Data Security Group released a more detailed “first look” review of California’s sweeping new law.  The advisory provides an overview of […]

Filed Under: Ballot Initiatives, California, Data Protection, Legislation, Online Privacy, Privacy, Privacy Policy, Regulation Tagged With: California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), US State Law

California Approves the California Consumer Privacy Act in Response to Consumer Privacy Ballot Initiative

July 2, 2018 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

As discussed in this blog’s June 4, 2018 blog post, a group called Californians for Consumer Privacy gathered enough signatures for a new measure called the Consumer Right to Privacy Act to qualify for the November 2018 ballot.  With momentum building for passage of that ballot measure, various stakeholders met with California legislators to devise a bill […]

Filed Under: Ballot Initiatives, California, Legislation, Online Privacy, Privacy, Privacy Policy Tagged With: California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)

Momentum Building for California’s Consumer Right to Privacy Act Ballot Initiative

June 4, 2018 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

In early May, a group called Californians for Consumer Privacy gathered enough signatures for the Consumer Right to Privacy Act (CRPA) to qualify for the November 2018 ballot. The ballot initiative builds on existing California laws directed at protecting the privacy of California consumers’ personal information, including the Shine the Light law (Civil Code §1798.83) […]

Filed Under: Ballot Initiatives, California, Online Privacy, Privacy, Privacy Policy Tagged With: California, online privacy, Privacy

In Order, FTC Recognizes Lower Notice Requirements for “Consumer-Expected” Data Collection

March 5, 2018 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

Last week, the Federal Trade Commission granted a petition by Sears Holding Management seeking modification of a 2009 Commission Order. The notable 2009 Order settled allegations that Sears had improperly failed to provide notice regarding data collection by certain software the company offered to consumers. Sears argued that the 2009 Order placed it at a […]

Filed Under: Enforcement, Mobile Privacy, Online Privacy, Privacy, Privacy Policy, Regulation Tagged With: Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

ePrivacy Regulation Trilogue Negotiations Pushed back to Fall 2018; Final ePrivacy Regulation may not be in Place until 2020

January 11, 2018 By Daniel Felz

About this time last January, the European Parliament released its proposal for a new ePrivacy Regulation.  The intent of the ePrivacy Regulation is to replace the current ePrivacy regime – which consists of an ePrivacy Directive and a patchwork of local implementing legislation – with a uniform set of directly-applicable EU-wide rules.  Since the Parliament […]

Filed Under: Behavioral Advertising, Data Protection, ePrivacy, International, Legislation, Mobile Privacy, Online Privacy, Privacy, Privacy Policy, Regulation, Uncategorized Tagged With: Behavioral Tracking, EU Data Protection, EU Privacy, EU Regulation, Mobile Technologies, Social Media, Tracking

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