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California voters approve creation of new state agency to enforce CCPA
California voters approved a ballot measure that will add new layers of responsibility for businesses attempting to comply with the state’s first-in-the-nation data privacy law, the California Consumer Privacy Act.
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California accounting board fines KPMG $1.3M for cheating scandal
California and its Board of Accountancy has fined audit firm KPMG $1.3 million after elements of its inspection and internal exam cheating scandals were run through the state.
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What CCPA-affected businesses need to know about California’s next privacy initiative
Businesses with operations in California should expect their data privacy compliance obligations to get a lot more complicated next year with the California Privacy Rights Act expected to pass in November.
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With CFPB in ‘retreat,’ California eyes state consumer finance agency
California wants to create its own state consumer finance protection agency because the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is in “retreat,” Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom says.
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Super Micro Computer, former CFO charged with accounting violations
A California-based server and cloud computing firm has agreed to pay $17.5 million as part of a settlement with the SEC to resolve charges of improperly booked revenue and understated expenses.
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Survey: Companies say lack of guidance, budget restrictions hamper compliance with CCPA
Complying with provisions of the California Consumer Privacy Act continues to be difficult for many companies, according to a new survey from Compliance Week and OpenText.
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How to navigate states’ patchwork quilt of return-to-office training requirements
As if cobbling together a return-to-office plan for your company during a pandemic is not difficult enough, 16 states now require employees receive coronavirus safety training.
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What are expectations of compliance at a negligent company like PG&E?
Financial crime expert Martin Woods wonders about the compliance priorities of a company found to be as reckless as Pacific Gas and Electric.
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California AG seeks federal data privacy legislation modeled on CCPA
In a letter to Congressional committee leaders, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra suggests any federal data privacy law should still allow states to have parallel enforcement authority as well as their own laws.
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Last-minute CCPA changes strike business-friendly tone
Recently approved tweaks to California’s upcoming privacy law don’t change the fact compliance prep should already be well underway, experts say.
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Los Angeles sues Weather Channel app, IBM over location data
The City of Los Angeles has filed a lawsuit against the operator of the Weather Channel smartphone app—an IBM subsidiary—for “covertly mining the private data of users and selling the information to third parties.”
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California first U.S. state to mandate women on boards
Boards of directors for California public companies will now need to ensure that they seat more women at the table.
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Sexual harassment legislation gaining momentum at state level
Numerous states over the past few months have passed laws, or have legislation in the works, that seek to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace, and that means stringent new compliance obligations for companies.
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California is first state to enact a domestic take on EU data protections
Despite the economic clout of the tech sector, California’s state legislators have passed an extensive slate of data privacy rules that take their cue from the EU’s recently enacted General Data Protection Regulation rules.
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A step-by-step guide to getting a money transmitter license in California
Money transmitters must be licensed in virtually every state in the U.S. Here is a handy checklist to ensure you are in compliance with California’s licensing requirements.
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