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California Passes Prop 24: Here Comes CCPA 2.0
By Joseph J. Lazzarotti, Jason C. Gavejian & Maya Atrakchi on November 5, 2020
Posted in Privacy, Social Media and Technology
It goes without saying that November 3rd 2020 was an important day for the future of the nation, but it was also a significant day for the future of California privacy law. On Tuesday, a strong majority of California voters supported Proposition 24, a ballot measure which aims to expand and enhance the …
California Governor Newsom Signs into Law Extension to CCPA Employee Personal Information Exemption, Vetoes Another Privacy Bill
By Joseph J. Lazzarotti, Jason C. Gavejian & Maya Atrakchi on October 2, 2020
On September 29th, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law AB 1281, an amendment to the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA") that would extend the current exemption on employee personal information from most of the CCPA's protections, until January 1, 2022. The exemption on employee personal information was slated to sunset on December…
California Assembly Passes CCPA Amendment: Employee Personal Information Exemption Extension
By Joseph J. Lazzarotti & Maya Atrakchi on September 10, 2020
The California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA") has only been in effect since January, but amendments are already on the horizon. Personal information in the employment context was highly contested during the CCPA's amendment process prior to enactment and has continued to be a point of deliberation even after the CCPA's effective date.
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Does the CCPA Apply to Your Business?
By Jason C. Gavejian, Maya Atrakchi, Joseph J. Lazzarotti & Mary T. Costigan on August 14, 2019
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), considered the most expansive U.S. privacy laws to date, is set to take effect January 1, 2020. In short, the CCPA places limitations on the collection and sale of a consumer's personal information and provides consumers certain rights with respect to their personal information. Wondering whether they will…
California May Lower the Standing Threshold in Data Breach Litigation
By Jason C. Gavejian & Maya Atrakchi on July 11, 2018
A key issue for any business facing class action litigation in response to a data breach is whether the plaintiffs, particularly consumers, will have standing to sue. Standing to sue in a data breach class action suit, largely turns on whether plaintiffs establish that they have suffered an "injury-in-fact" resulting from the data breach. Plaintiffs…
California May Be Headed Towards Sweeping Consumer Privacy Protections
By Jason C. Gavejian & Maya Atrakchi on June 26, 2018
On June 21st, California legislature Democrats reached a tentative agreement with a group of consumer privacy activists spearheading a ballot initiative for heightened consumer privacy protections, in which the activists would withdraw the the existing ballot initiative in exchange for the California legislature passing, and Governor Jerry Brown signing into law, a similar…