On Nov. 25, 2019, GT Shareholder Adam Snukal participated in a fire-side chat at NICE’s Annual Personal Connections Elevated Israel Conference. The discussion focused on the effects of the GDPR, CCPA, and other privacy laws on Israeli-based call center technology providers that operate in an increasingly global arena.
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On Nov. 5, California Congresswomen Anna G. Eshoo and Zoe Lofgren introduced the Online Privacy Act of 2019, H.R. 4978, to balance the actual needs of businesses with users’ fair privacy rights and expectations. The proposed privacy bill seeks for the United States to adopt many of the requirements of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which is effective Jan. 1, 2020, and that exist under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Below is a brief summary of the main components of the Act. A copy of the Online Privacy Act can be found here, and a section-by-section analysis by the Congresswomen can be viewed here.
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As state legislatures across the country adjourn for summer recess, privacy legislation has stalled in many states. Nevertheless, organizations should be aware of several developments on the horizon, including:
While businesses prepare to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Nevada has followed California’s lead and has amended its law to provide consumers with the right to opt-out of the “sale” of their personal information by website operators.
The amendment, SB 220, will take effect October 1, 2019, three months before the