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GDPR Sidebar: Comparing the California Consumer Privacy Act to the GDPR
California recently passed the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), providing new rights for California consumers (broadly defined as California residents) regarding their personal data. The CCPA is modeled after…
California Enacts Sweeping Privacy Law; Will Other States Follow?
On June 28, 2018, Governor Brown signed into law the “ California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 .” The legislation was a compromise to avoid a ballot initiative that was more closely modeled after the European Union’s…
GDPR SIDEBAR: Best Practices for Complying with GDPR Consent Requirements
Under the GDPR, processors must have a lawful basis for processing any data of an EU data subject. Consent is one of six lawful bases [1] under the GDPR, and in this installment of GDPR SIDEBAR, we'll cover best…
Colorado Reaches New High with Strict Data Breach Notification Law
On May 29, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper signed into law HB18-1128 to strengthen data breach notification requirements for companies and government entities collecting and maintaining personal information from…
New Watchdog, New Tricks: European Data Protection Board Adopts GDPR Guidelines and Releases Statement on ePrivacy Regulation
Less than one week after replacing the now defunct Article 29 Working Party (WP29), the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has adopted new guidelines on the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and issued a…