Tag Archives: California

California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018: Will You Be Ready?

By Israel Group on November 15, 2018 Posted in Articles

By Jennifer Kashatus 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 collect personal information, as that term is broadly defined, about California consumers, even if the Company is not based in California. … Continue Reading

California mandates female board directors for publicly held companies

By Israel Group on October 4, 2018 Posted in Articles

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, and, depending on the size of their boards, additional females by the end of 2021. Financial penalties will apply for … Continue Reading

California privacy law poised to alter US privacy landscape

By Israel Group on July 5, 2018 Posted in Articles

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) but rejecting bills proposing broad-based creation of new privacy rights. This pattern changed abruptly this week in California, where both houses of … Continue Reading