On October 10, 2023, Governor Newsom signed into law SB 362, known as the “California Delete Act” or “Delete Act”, which had been passed by the legislature at the end of the 2023 legislative session on September 14. The Delete Act amends California’s existing Data Broker Registration law (Cal. Civ. Code Section 1798.99.80 et. seq). Among other things, the law imposes additional registration requirements on top of those that already exist, doubles the administrative fine for failure to register, requires the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) to set up a one-stop shop deletion mechanism that allows consumers to make requests to all registered data brokers, and obligates data brokers to access the mechanism every 45 days and process each and every deletion request made by consumers within a prescribed timeframe (including directing all service providers and contractors of the request).Continue Reading California Delete Act Imposes New Obligations on Data Brokers
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CPW Week in Review
In case you missed it, below are recent posts from Consumer Privacy World covering the latest developments on data privacy, security and innovation. Please reach out to the authors if you are interested in additional information.
Motion for Preliminary Approval of Accellion Data Breach Settlement Filed in California Federal Court
This week Plaintiffs in thirteen consolidated cases brought against Accellion and other defendants filed a motion for preliminary approval of a class action settlement in California federal court. This development is notable for its resolution (if approved) only as to Accellion and for the categories of relief offered to class members. In re Accellion, Inc.
In re Blackbaud MDL Update: Several of Plaintiffs’ Statutory Claims Survive Motion to Dismiss
Readers of CPW are familiar with In re Blackbaud, a data privacy multi-district litigation (“MDL”) created in December 2020 that is currently pending in the District of South Carolina. The MDL was created to manage the claims of individuals and putative class representatives against Blackbaud, a cloud software company that was targeted in several…
AWESOME! CPW’s Lydia de la Torre Recognized As A Top Cybersecurity Lawyer
Lydia de la Torre is a frequent CPW contributor with deep insight and knowledge on cutting edge developments in data privacy and cybersecurity. For some of the fantastic pieces she has co-authored recently, see here and here. Well, we are very pleased to share that the legal publication Daily Journal has selected Lydia among…
Denied! Federal Court Allows Claims to Proceed Concerning Wide Scale Data Breach
In 2019, the health care sector was the most frequent target of cybercriminals. This trend has persisted in 2020. As CPW’s Kristin Bryan covered, in response to this growing threat, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a…