Gretchen A. Ramos, Global Co-Chair of the Data, Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice, is quoted in a Bloomberg Law article titled “Bosses Brace for Worker Chaos If California Privacy Law Expands.”
July 7 Webinar | The Proposed CPRA Regulations: What to look for, deciding whether to comment, and how to prepare
UPDATE: The program, “The Proposed CPRA (California Privacy Rights Act) Regulations: What to look for, deciding whether to comment, and how to prepare,” originally scheduled to take place on Thursday, June 30 has been rescheduled as Chairperson Urban of the CPPA recently indicated that she will provide additional information regarding the timeline for public comment
June 23 Webinar | California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA): Understanding Your HR and B2B Compliance Obligations
The CCPA’s (California Consumer Privacy Act) exemption on human resources (HR) and business-to-business (B2B) personal information expires on January 1, 2023 when the CPRA takes effect. Unlike the other new state privacy laws effective in 2023, the CPRA will apply to personal information that a business collects from its employees, job applicants, independent contractors and
What types of data are subject to a deletion request?
Modern state privacy laws confer upon individuals the ability to ask for their personal information to be deleted. Statutes differ, however, in the scope of the “deletion right.” For example, some states only permit consumers to request the deletion of personal information that the consumer provided to the organization (allowing the organization to keep personal
Are companies required to allow individuals to appeal denied data subject requests?
All modern data privacy statutes allow individuals the ability to request that organizations take certain actions in relation to their personal information. Organizations are not always required to take the actions requested, however, and often exercise discretion in terms of how to handle a data subject request. For example, if an individual asks an organization
Update for Connecticut and Utah: What Is Considered Sensitive Personal Information?
Some privacy statutes explicitly reference “sensitive” or “special” categories of personal information. While such terms, when used, often include similar data types that are generally considered as raising greater privacy risks to data subjects if disclosed, the exact categories that fall under those rubrics differ between and among statutes. Furthermore, other privacy statutes do not
State privacy comparison: What are the penalties for violating the state privacy statutes?
Many modern data privacy statutes rely heavily on regulatory enforcement. The amount of civil penalty that a regulator can see for violations differs between and among the states. It should also be noted, there may be ambiguity within certain states regarding how violations are “counted.” For example, a business might consider the inadvertent selling of
Understanding the Delta: How do modern state privacy laws differ in terms of giving companies an opportunity to cure?
Many modern data privacy statutes are designed to encourage compliance by permitting organizations to cure an alleged violation of the statute prior to a regulatory enforcement action. The ability to cure may have been included in recognition of the fact that modern data privacy statutes impose obligations that may be foreign to many organizations (i.e.,
How do state statutes differ in terms of their “targeted advertising” exemptions?
The term “targeted advertising” is defined relatively consistently between and among modern U.S. data privacy statutes with the noticeable exception of California which deviates somewhat in the California Privacy Rights Act’s (CPRA) definition of the similar term “cross-context behavioral advertising” by omitting any reference to tracking a person over time, or making predictions about a
Understanding the differences in the state privacy statutes: How do state statutes differ in terms of how they define “targeted advertising?”
Most modern U.S. data privacy statutes require companies to allow data subjects to opt out of having their personal information used for targeted advertising. As the following chart indicates, the term “targeted advertising” is defined consistently between and among most state statutes with the noticeable exception of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and its