Tag Archives: Consumer Privacy

Posted on April 15th, 2019 By Mark Brennan, Britanie Hall and Julian Flamant Posted in Policy & Regulation

Efforts to Expand CCPA’s Private Right of Action Remain in Question

The California legislature is considering significant amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ahead of the law’s January 1, 2020 implementation date. Of particular note has been the potential for CCPA amendments to expand the private right of action beyond violations of businesses’ duty to implement and maintain reasonable security procedures to instead cover violations of any CCPA right.… Continue Reading

Posted on April 11th, 2019 By Bret Cohen, Julian Flamant, Greg Ferenbach, Ray Li and Filippo Raso Posted in Policy & Regulation

Beyond FERPA: The California Consumer Privacy Act’s New Rules for Privacy in the Education Sector

In June of 2018, California passed the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which seeks to give consumers additional safeguards regarding their personal information. The CCPA will become effective January of 2020 and may impact companies in the education sector, including the larger education technology companies.

While the CCPA does not apply to nonprofit educational institutions, it may apply to certain … Continue Reading

Posted on March 29th, 2019 By Mark Brennan and Sarah K. Leggin Posted in Data Protection & Privacy, Policy & Regulation

Assessing the Evolving U.S. Privacy Landscape and the Road Ahead

New proposals to protect consumer privacy in the U.S. seem to be appearing every day. There are now more than 90 privacy proposals that federal, state, and local regulators and policymakers are considering as privacy continues to dominate the news cycle. Hogan Lovells partners Mark Brennan and Nicola Fulford led a panel of industry stakeholders at the INCOMPAS Policy Summit … Continue Reading

Posted on March 22nd, 2019 By Joke Bodewits Posted in Cybersecurity, Data Protection & Privacy, Policy & Regulation, Privacy and Security Litigation

Dutch Data Protection Authority Sets GDPR Fines Structure

On 14 March 2019, the Dutch data protection authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, DPA) announced (in Dutch) its fining structure for violations of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Dutch law implementing the GDPR (Implementation Act).

The GDPR sets two levels of administrative fines that may apply depending on which GDPR provisions have been infringed: The higher of €10 … Continue Reading

Posted on October 9th, 2018 By Mark Brennan, Bret Cohen and Britanie Hall Posted in Cybersecurity

NTIA Seeks Comment on New, Outcome-Based Privacy Approach

Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) issued a Request for Comments (RFC) on a new consumer privacy approach that is designed to focus on outcomes instead of prescriptive mandates. The RFC presents an important opportunity for organizations to provide legal and policy input to the administration, and comments are due October 26.The RFC notes … Continue Reading

Posted on October 3rd, 2012 By Danielle Amor Posted in Data Protection & Privacy

California Moves to Protect Privacy of Social Media Accounts

California has become the latest state to pass a law prohibiting employers from requesting access to employees’ and job applicants’ social media information or accounts.

Under AB 1844, which was signed last week by Governor Jerry Brown, an employer may not “require or request an employee or applicant for employment” to disclose social media login credentials, access social media … Continue Reading