ccpa enforcement

Regulators care about privacy in practice, not just in theory. Simply having a tool or partnership in place isn’t enough to demonstrate effective compliance.

Add digital health and wellness publisher Healthline to the growing list of companies hit with fines under California’s privacy law.

Google isn’t a regulator. From an attorney’s point of view, its decrees don’t carry the force of law, and that’s what lawyers are concerned with: the law.

I spent the week in Washington, DC, attending two privacy- and public policy-focused events and I have a single takeaway from both: Enforcement. Is. Coming.

Here are a few fun facts about the CPPA that you can trot out at cocktail parties (depending on whether you hang out with privacy nerds).

It may appear as if The California Privacy Protection Agency has been in hibernation mode. But don’t let that fool you. The bear is awake and it’s got an appetite.

California’s privacy protections are considered by most privacy pros to be the toughest and most comprehensive in the nation. But the California Privacy Protection Agency has a budget of just $10 million to regulate against the largest technology companies in the world.

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The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) has been mostly out of the headlines since enforcement started in July – but that doesn’t mean businesses can take their eye off the ball. The California attorney general’s office isn’t. “We’re watching and we’re aware [and] looking to see how the industry is responding,” said Lisa Kim, a deputy […]

Folks, enforcement of the California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA) is here. Starting July 1, despite protestations from the business and advertising communities, the California attorney general can start investigating complaints, bringing actions, poking into privacy policies and issuing fines. Lobbying to postpone enforcement until Jan. 1, 2021, in light of the ongoing pandemic, was brushed […]