Category: David’s Posts

Complying With the Incomplete: Does California’s Privacy Law Apply to Your Business?

Complying With the Incomplete: Does California’s Privacy Law Apply to Your Business? Complying With the Incomplete: Does California’s Privacy Law Apply to Your Business? • california law

Back in July 2018, we introduced you to some of the sights and smells of the new California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (the CCPA). Not long after, the California legislature issued some technical corrections to the legislation. But there are still a number of open questions and issues that require attention from the legislature […]

FTC Focuses on Ensuring Businesses Keep Their Privacy Promises

FTC Focuses on Ensuring Businesses Keep Their Privacy Promises FTC Focuses on Ensuring Businesses Keep Their Privacy Promises • ftc image

2018 has been a big year for privacy issues for companies around the world. The new European privacy law – the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – came into force, the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data breach came to light, the new but imperfect California Consumer Privacy Act (CaCPA) was created and passed at the speed of […]

A New Whiff of Privacy, California Style

A New Whiff of Privacy, California Style A New Whiff of Privacy, California Style • california tech

Apparently how you smell is personal information (in California). With the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of 2016 in force for about a month, California’s legislature was looking to up its game and “get tough” on its big, home-grown tech companies’ well-documented privacy faux pas. So on June 28, 2018, California enacted the U.S.’s […]

EU Data Protection Laws: Why US Companies Should Care

EU Data Protection Laws: Why US Companies Should Care EU Data Protection Laws: Why US Companies Should Care • gdpr compliance

After being introduced in April 2016, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) officially comes into enforcement effect today, replacing the existing EU Data Protection Directive. Although similar to the previous data protection law, the GDPR includes new and enhanced requirements aimed to protect the fundamental rights of natural persons with respect to their […]