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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…
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…
SADDLE UP AMERICA: California Aims to Pass its Own GDPR Law
Just when you think you’ve tackled the Wild, Wild West of GDPR and privacy compliance, California decides to mix it all up again. This November 6th, California voters will decide on the California Consumer Privacy Act…
GDPR SIDEBAR: Should You Be Complying with the New Data Protection Law?
You've probably heard of the dreaded four-letter word – GDPR. Companies around the globe had been preparing for the May 25th implementation date for quite some time. But U.S.-based companies with no apparent EU…