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Big California Privacy News: Legislative and Enforcement Updates

Data Matters

Privacy never sleeps in California. In recent days and as California’s legislative session comes to a close, there have been a number of significant legislative and regulatory developments in the state, each of which will likely (again) change the privacy landscape in California and, by extension, the rest of the country.

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Data Protection: Where’s the Brexit Privacy Dividend?

Data Protector

No longer might UK privacy pros feel obliged to wait for the publication of weirdly worded EDPB opinions. Enormous amounts of money have been spent in a belated acknowledgement of, in many cases, decades of under investment on privacy issues. The GDPR has had a profound impact on many organisations. Was such a fine really appropriate?

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CIPL Releases Report on Effective Data Privacy Accountability

Hunton Privacy

On June 3, 2020, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership (“CIPL”) at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP published its report, What Good and Effective Data Privacy Accountability Looks Like: Mapping Organizations’ Practices to the CIPL Accountability Framework (“Report”). Canada, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Latin America.

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Colorado AG Publishes Draft Colorado Privacy Act Rules

Hunton Privacy

On October 1, 2022, the Colorado Attorney General’s Office submitted an initial draft of the Colorado Privacy Act Rules (“CPA Rules”), which will implement and enforce the Colorado Privacy Act (“CPA”). Below are key examples of topics addressed by the proposed regulations. Guidance on Privacy Notices under the CPA (Rule 6.01

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Colorado AG Provides Insights on the Colorado Privacy Act Rulemaking Process

Hunton Privacy

On April 12, 2022, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser made remarks at the International Association of Privacy Professionals Global Privacy Summit in Washington, D.C., where he invited stakeholders to provide informal public comments on the Colorado Privacy Act (“CPA”) rulemaking. state to adopt a comprehensive privacy law.

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Privacy notices – the ICO follows the lead of the EU data protection authorities in their interpretation of Article 13 UK GDPR

Data Protection Report

For the most part the ICO’s position tracks that of the EU data protection authorities (as reflected in the DPC’s 2021 and 2022 Whatsapp, Facebook and Instagram decisions), demonstrating that the ICO also expects a greater level of detail and specificity than is seen in some privacy notices. Where a generic email address (e.g.

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GUEST ESSAY: Achieving trust — in a tumultuous 2023 that’s likely to come — can lead to success

The Last Watchdog

Regulatory crackdowns on poor privacy practices, continued supply chain issues, and ongoing challenges in retaining talent will all impact consumers’ sentiments negatively. For example, 60 percent of US employees trust their colleagues while 64 percent trust their employer. Privacy continues to be a critical consumer value.

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