Recently, Alabama 1 and South Dakota 2 joined the other 48 States by enacting data breach legislation that requires entities (private or public) to notify individuals of security breaches of information involving personally identifiable information. While the South Dakota’s law followed the majority of its predecessors, the Alabama law imposes […]
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Regulation Migration: An Update on the Movement of Enforcement for Financial Services Companies from the Bureau to the States
Since the 2016 election, insiders for the financial services industry have predicted that the Trump Administration would bring not just a roll-back in federal regulation, but a different, more relaxed approach to enforcement as well. At the same time, others have predicted that any roll-back in federal oversight on the […]
Achieving Compliance with California’s New Privacy Law
In early 2018, California enacted the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, the most comprehensive data privacy law to date in the United States (the “Act”). The Act is intended to provide greater protection for consumer data gathered by businesses, and will become effective January 1, 2020. For a general […]
Achieving Compliance with California’s New Privacy Law
In early 2018, California enacted the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, the most comprehensive data privacy law to date in the United States (the “Act”). The Act is intended to provide greater protection for consumer data gathered by businesses, and will become effective January 1, 2020. For a general […]
What You Need to Know About California’s New Privacy Law
On the heels of the European Union’s implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), on June 28, 2018, California enacted the most comprehensive data privacy law to date in the United States. The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (the “Act”) was quickly passed by the California legislature to […]