All CCPA articles
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ArticleCalifornia privacy board moves forward with draft CPRA regulations
The California Privacy Protection Agency unveiled draft rules for the soon-to-be enacted California Privacy Rights Act at its board meeting.
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Rulemaking on CPRA facing delay
The newly formed California Privacy Protection Agency appears behind schedule on rulemaking for the transition to the California Privacy Rights Act, putting the law’s July 2023 enforcement date in question.
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Strategies for complying with multiple data privacy regimes
Complying with multiple data privacy regimes is not simple, but it is increasingly becoming expected. A panel at CW’s virtual Cyber Risk & Data Privacy Summit offered their advice regarding the current global privacy landscape.
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Why high-growth companies should prioritize data privacy
A group of experts at CW’s virtual Cyber Risk & Data Privacy Summit explained how complying with data privacy regulations from Day 1 can provide high-growth companies with certain competitive advantages.
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Transparency key to navigating modern employee monitoring risk landscape
The opening session of Compliance Week’s virtual Cyber Risk & Data Privacy Summit addressed the challenges of using technology to monitor employees while considering regulatory and ethical risks.
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Ten things I’d like to see happen in 2022 (2021 in review)
ESG and cryptocurrency figure to be key topics in 2022, but we’re also keeping an eye on President Biden’s anti-corruption efforts, details on Amazon’s record GDPR fine, the status of Facebook’s first CCO, and more.
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California privacy agency names executive director
The nation’s first state data privacy agency has selected former FTC Chief Technologist Ashkan Soltani to serve as its executive director overseeing enforcement and rulemaking of the CCPA and, eventually, the CPRA.
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Neiman Marcus data breach exposes personal info of 4.6M customers
Luxury retailer Neiman Marcus discovered last month a May 2020 data breach that exposed personal and financial information contained in the online accounts of approximately 4.6 million customers.
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Introducing: Cybersecurity training customized for compliance
The professor who created CW’s first-ever self-directed learning module explains what compliance practitioners can expect to get out of the course—and why it’s an essential tool in an evolving cyber-risk landscape.
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On-demand training: Protect your company from cyber risks
Take this self-directed, interactive course to deepen your understanding of cybersecurity risks and learn about the latest regulations to keep your organization compliant and prepared for today’s dangerous cyber-environment.
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Judge dismisses CCPA-related lawsuit against Walmart
A federal judge in California dismissed a lawsuit alleging a data breach at Walmart was a violation of the California Consumer Privacy Act, noting the plaintiff failed to prove a breach occurred.
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California AG: ‘Great progress’ under CCPA despite no fines
California Attorney General Rob Bonta commemorated one year of CCPA enforcement with praise for the law despite there not yet being a publicly announced fine against a business.
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Colorado third state to enact comprehensive privacy law
The Colorado Privacy Act largely mirrors its predecessors in California and Virginia but includes greater fines per violation of $20,000. The law is set to take effect July 1, 2023.
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Survey: Data access further complicated by emerging privacy laws
A recent survey of 100 executives from Fortune 500 companies found more than half are struggling to balance easy access to company data with privacy and security compliance under laws like the GDPR and CCPA.
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Private right of action proving problematic for state privacy laws
An enforcement provision allowing customers to sue businesses that misuse their personal data is a key stumbling point for state-level data privacy legislation.
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Board members named to California’s first-in-the-nation data privacy board
The California Privacy Protection Agency, tasked with enforcing the state’s groundbreaking data privacy laws, now has a five-member board of directors.
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Ask a CCO: Are you in favor of federal data privacy legislation?
It’s a clean sweep: All five CCOs we spoke with are in favor of U.S. federal data privacy legislation. Read on for the reasoning behind their answers.
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Ask a CCO: How has your company prioritized data privacy compliance?
Five senior compliance practitioners tell us how their companies have reacted to recent privacy legislation like the GDPR, CCPA, and other state regulations in the pipeline.
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More than a CCPA clone? Virginia passes nation’s second comprehensive privacy law
In what might be a sign of things to come for data privacy legislation nationwide, Virginia passed the country’s second comprehensive data privacy law. How does it stack up to its peer in California?
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The great privacy race? Apple, Facebook pitch data transparency
Apple and Facebook, two of the world’s most powerful companies, are jockeying over how transparent to be with their customers on whom they share users’ personal data with and what they do with it.
