At approximately 6:00 p.m. today, March 11, 2020, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced a second round of modifications to the draft regulations his office is preparing for the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “Draft CCPA Regulations”). These modifications follow two previous rounds of drafting: (a) the initial publication of the Draft CCPA Regulations, in […]
Privacy & Cyber Regulatory Enforcement
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 […]
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 […]
UK ICO publishes the final version of its Age Appropriate Design Code
On January 21, 2020, the UK ICO published the final version of its Age Appropriate Design Code (the “Design Code”), which sets out 15 standards that online services should meet to protect children’s privacy. The Design Code is not only applicable to online services squarely aimed at children, but also covers online services likely to […]
NIST Publishes Privacy Framework Version 1.0
On January 16, 2020, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”) published Version 1.0 of its Privacy Framework: A Tool for Improving Privacy through Enterprise Risk Management (“Privacy Framework”). A draft version was initially published for public comment on September 6, 2019. The new Privacy Framework is designed to support organizations in building customer’s […]