In August 2018, Brazil took a significant step by passing comprehensive data protection legislation: the General Data Protection Law (Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados Pessoais – Law No. 13,709/2018, as amended) (LGPD). The substantive part of the legislation takes effect August 16, 2020, leaving fewer than six short months for companies to prepare.
With the backdrop of an apricot-coral sunset from high above San Francisco Bay, Greenberg Traurig was pleased to welcome leaders from the United Kingdom’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), as part of an IAPP S.F. Bay Area Knowledgenet held at the law firm on February 11.
The U.K.’s Information Commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, and ICO Executive Director,
On February 7, 2020, the California Attorney General’s Office (OAG) issued proposed changes to the California Consumer Privacy Act Regulations (Modified Regulations), which were originally issued on October 11, 2019. Organizations have until February 24 to submit written comments on the proposed changes to the regulations implementing the CCPA.
Some of the major
Today, the California Office of the Attorney General (OAG) released much-anticipated revisions to its proposed implementing regulations to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).
The following were issued by the OAG on its website:
As of January 6, 2020, YouTube creators must designate their videos (both new as well as all videos previously posted) as either made for kids or adults. The new requirement has left esport, gaming, musician, vlog, and many other creators scrambling to correctly categorize their videos; otherwise, they face a
On Jan. 28, Shareholder Gretchen Ramos and Of Counsel Darren Abernethy of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP’s San Francisco office spoke at the ACC Foundation’s Cybersecurity Summit at American University Washington College of Law in Washington, D.C.
Although the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) has only been in effect for a matter of weeks – and its proposed regulations are not yet finalized – it could be overhauled by a new privacy law later this year. Last fall, the group that first formulated the CCPA as a ballot initiative in 2018, Californians
In the wake of the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) and an updated Nevada privacy law that took effect in October 2019, states are wasting no time in 2020 introducing new privacy laws of their own.
Joining the chorus of Virginia and Florida, this month state lawmakers in New Hampshire,
Florida joins the increasing number of states considering a consumer privacy bill this legislative session. The Florida privacy companion bills were introduced in both the state’s Senate (SB 1620) and House of Representatives (HB 963). If enacted, the law will become effective in July 2020.
The bill includes three significant new
Florida could be the first state to deny life and long-term care insurers access to genetic test results. Under a new bill titled “Genetic Information for Insurance Purposes” (HB 1189), life insurers and long-term care insurers are prohibited from canceling, limiting, or denying coverage, or establishing differentials in premium rates based on genetic