As litigation over wiretapping and other privacy claims continues to rise, having a cookie banner on your website remains an important defense, said Morrison Foerster lawyers during a webinar Wednesday. But there’s more to it than that, they added.
The California legislature passed a bill Thursday to require web browser support for universal opt-out preference signals (OOPS). Also, at our deadline, a California bill adding requirements for data brokers had enough votes to pass the legislature, though the tally wasn’t final. On Wednesday, the state legislature also passed a bill on social media account cancellations.
Whether to use an internal or external auditor to comply with new California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) rules depends on the company, said Woods Rogers cybersecurity attorney Patrick Austin in an IAPP analysis posted Tuesday. “There is no one right choice that applies to all businesses.”
California, Colorado and Connecticut privacy enforcers warned that they are scanning for companies not complying with the Global Privacy Control (GPC), a leading type of universal opt-out preference signal. The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) announced the collaborative investigative sweep on Tuesday.
Workers won’t get a right to appeal automated decisions under an amended version of a California bill (SB-7) regulating employers’ use of automated decision systems (ADS). The Assembly Appropriations Committee advanced the legislation to the floor Friday despite Republican objections (see 2508290005).
California legislators refined a proposed update to the California Delete Act on Tuesday. Now on third reading and awaiting a floor vote in the Assembly, SB-361 by Sen. Josh Becker (D) would require data brokers to disclose more types of personal information in their state registrations than they do now.
California privacy enforcers may soon be “counting clicks” to make sure it doesn’t take more steps for consumers to opt out than to opt in, warned privacy attorney Webb McArthur on a Hudson Cook webinar Tuesday.
California should maintain verification safeguards in its Delete Act rules, advertising groups said in comments to the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) due Aug. 18 (see 2507310053).
One of the easiest requirements for enforcers to check for violations under new California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) rules is also simple for vigilant businesses to avoid, privacy lawyer David Stauss said during a Troutman webinar Thursday. As such, companies should immediately start displaying on websites that they are honoring universal opt-out preference signals, he said. Separately, Hintze privacy attorney Sam Castic warned that new risk assessment requirements go beyond rules in other states.
It’s crunch time for the California legislature, with many privacy and AI bills nearing the finish line as lawmakers return from summer recess Monday. A few of the most potentially impactful measures for businesses cover universal opt-out preference signals, location privacy, automated decisions and so-called surveillance pricing, said privacy lawyers and consumer advocates in interviews with Privacy Daily this week.