California Attorney General signals that draft regulations implementing the CCPA will be published this October.
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Ecuador Fast-Tracks Data Protection Law in Wake of Massive Breach
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Ecuador is seeking to pass a data protection bill in the wake of a massive data breach that resulted in the personal data of up to 20 million people being made available online.…
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Status Update: Pending CCPA Amendment Bills
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There are six bills pending before the California legislature that would amend the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, and these bills could significantly alter the law’s application and associated compliance obligations.…
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New York Amends Breach Notification Law
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On July 25, 2019, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law Senate Bill S5575B, an amendment to New York’s breach notification law. This blog entry provides an overview of the changes.…
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Organizational Accountability in U.S. Law and Its Relevance to a Federal Data Privacy Law: A CIPL Study
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The Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP recently published a white paper on Organizational Accountability’s Existence in U.S. Regulatory Compliance and its Relevance for a Federal Data Privacy Law.…
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CIPL Publishes Q&A on Organizational Accountability in Data Protection
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The Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP recently published a Q&A document on organizational accountability in data protection.…
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Revisions to the Closely Watched “Employee Exemption” Amendment to the CCPA
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A number of bills to amend the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 are still pending before the California legislature. Of particular interest to many businesses is AB 25, which could narrow applicability of the CCPA by removing employees from its scope.…
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One Year of CCPA
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With the one-year mark since the passage of the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, Hunton reflects on the past year and recent developments in the law. This blog entry provides a link to Hunton’s CCPA Amendment Tracker chart.…
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Texas Amends Data Breach Law; Now Requires Regulator Notification
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott recently signed into law HB 4390, which amends the state’s data breach notification law and creates an advisory council tasked with studying and developing recommendations regarding data privacy legislation.…
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Maryland Amends Data Breach Law
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Maryland Governor Larry Hogan recently signed into law House Bill 1154, which amends the state’s data breach notification law. This blog entry provides an overview of the prospective changes.…
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