Proposed CCPA Regulations: Clarity or Confusion?

October 22, 2019

On October 10, 2019, the California Attorney General’s office issued the proposed text of its California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations (the Regulations). The Regulations propose detailed rules regarding required notices for consumers, business practices for handling consumer requests, verification of requests, special rules regarding minors, and non-discrimination. Accompanying the Regulations are the Attorney General’s Initial Statement of Reasons, which provide the justifications for each requirement.…

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Nevada Follows California in Enacting New Privacy Law Giving Consumers the Right to Opt Out of Certain Data Sales

By Edward Holman & Mariam Abdel-Malek

June 17, 2019

On May 29, 2019, in the midst of the legislative amendment process taking place in Sacramento for the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Nevada has passed its own CCPA-like privacy law, SB 220, taking effect on October 1, 2019, just three months before the CCPA becomes operative. The law’s main focus is to give consumers the right to opt out of the sale of certain personal information about them, though it is substantially narrower than…

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WSGR Event Recap: Key State and Federal Legislative Privacy Developments

By Mariam Abdel-Malek

May 6, 2019

On May 1, 2019, WSGR held a panel discussing state and federal legislative privacy developments, including the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The panel, moderated by Chris Olsen, featured Ashkan Soltani, former chief technologist at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and Shaundra Watson, the senior director for policy at BSA (The Software Alliance). Here are the key takeaways from the discussion:…

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California Consumer Privacy Act: Industry, Advocate, and Enforcement Concerns and Legislative Amendments

By Tracy Shapiro, Matthew Staples & Mariam Abdel-Malek

October 8, 2018

On September 23, 2018, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law SB-1121, a bill that makes several amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA or the Act). The controversial privacy law, which is set to take effect in 2020, recently sparked a war of words among industry, privacy advocates, and the California Attorney General, each of whom sent letters to the California legislature urging amendments to the legislation. The California Chamber of Commerce, along with…

Mariam Abdel-Malek

Proposed CCPA Regulations: Clarity or Confusion?

Nevada Follows California in Enacting New Privacy Law Giving Consumers the Right to Opt Out of Certain Data Sales

WSGR Event Recap: Key State and Federal Legislative Privacy Developments

California Consumer Privacy Act: Industry, Advocate, and Enforcement Concerns and Legislative Amendments

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