The groundbreaking California Consumer Privacy Act has been nicknamed California’s GDPR, referring to the European Union’s comprehensive data protection law that took effect in May 2018, just one month before the CCPA was passed. The
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It’s like déjà vu all over again. Many employers will recall putting plans in place, and maybe even handing out raises, in 2016 to comply
January 1, 2019 marked significant changes to California legislation.
Among noteworthy changes are new sexual harassment training requirements, rules addressing the number of females serving on public company boards, and legislation concerning confidential settlement agreements.
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Businesses have until March 8 to file comments in an important pre-rulemaking proceeding for a critical California AG rulemaking that will clarify the requirements of the CCPA. The California AG will most likely not enforce
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By Carol A. F. Umhoefer, Jim Halpert, Jennifer M. Kashatus and Andrew A. Kingman
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), adopted last summer, brings to California residents GDPR-like privacy rights, such as rights
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If you are a startup based in California, you may be thinking about incorporating where you are physically located. It is true that, in the short term, incorporating in California will save a few dollars.
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Effective January 1, 2020, a new game-changing privacy law will go into effect in California: the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA). The law will have profound implications for companies that
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Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill into law on September 30, 2018 requiring publicly held companies based in California to have at least one female on their boards of directors by the end of 2019,
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For decades, US state legislatures have taken an incremental approach to privacy regulation, passing legislation that addressed specific privacy issues (eg, a host of employee privacy laws, online privacy policy requirements, SSN privacy)
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