On this day in 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed the “Americans with Disabilities Act” (Public Law 101-336) and it is one of his enduring legacies. The bill had been introduced by Senator Tom Harkin who delivered his floor speech on the bill in sign language so that his deaf brother would understand. That year…
For those of you keeping score at home, it is Max Schrems 2, Facebook 0. On July 16, 2020, thirty-three-year-old Austrian lawyer and privacy advocate, Max Schrems beat Facebook in the European Court of Justice . . . again. In Schrems I in 2015, the ECJ invalidated the US-EU Safe Harbor framework, and last week…
With the regulations for the California Consumer Privacy Act (CaCPA) still yet to be finalized, a new sweeping amendment is likely to be on the November ballot. Mactaggart Returns In 2017, San Francisco Bay area housing developer Alastair Mactaggart launched Californians for Consumer Privacy and qualified the CaCPA for the November 2018 ballot. As drafted,…
In 2009, WebmasterRadio.fm launched a new show “InBoxed” with host Jon Fondy and Rapid Response Marketing CEO Kevin De Vincenzi at AffCon in Denver. The show focused on issues in the emerging field of affiliate marketing. I was a guest on that original show and a regular on that show thereafter discussing legal issues impacting…
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CaCPA), which was signed by then-Governor Jerry Brown on September 23, 2018, contains three key dates relating to compliance and enforcement. The first is the effective date – January 1, 2020. CaCPA created a separate date for when enforcement could begin by the Attorney General which was “six months after…
While the California Consumer Privacy Act (CaCPA) took effect on January 1, 2020, the law prohibits Attorney General Becerra from bringing any enforcement action until the earlier of six months after publication of final regulations by the Attorney General or July 1, 2020. Since regulations have yet to be finalized, that means a July 1st…
The Internet Law Center is proud to be a Data Privacy Day Champion. Below is information on how you can participate in Data Privacy Day, educate your employees about how to be more privacy-aware and how you can update your own privacy settings. Data Privacy Day 2020 Helping Your Employees to be Privacy Aware Update…
Wednesday, December 11th at Noon Pacific Time Dial-in number 855-520-7605 / Passcode 1211276419# This fall I termed out as Chair of the Technology, Internet and Privacy (“TIP”) Working Group of the California Lawyer’s Association’s IP Section and as a member of the IP Section Executive Committee. I currently am co-chair of the CLA’s Business Law…
After California passed the landmark Consumer Privacy Act, tech executives began looking to Washington for a federal solution that might preempt the California law before it went into effect on January 1, 2020. Yet only recently have we seen any concerted push for action in Washington. In September, the Internet Association, the leading Washington lobby…
While there was great anticipation that a number of states would adopt privacy measures in 2019 following California’s passage of the Consumer Privacy Act, the only states to act were Maine and Nevada. Maine enacted privacy standards for internet service providers. Nevada amended privacy laws to allow consumers to restrict the sale of their information.…
In October 2016, the Federal Communications Commission in a 3-2 party-line vote adopted privacy rules for internet service providers. The rules imposed an opt-out standard, except for financial information, health information, precise geolocation information (as from your phone GPS), social security numbers, information relating to children, web browsing history, app usage history, and the content…
At the California Lawyers Association’s debut Legislative Day, members were able to meet with (i) Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson, Chair, Senate Judiciary Committee; (ii) Senator Andreas Borgeas, Vice-Chair, Senate Judiciary Committee; (iii) Assembly Member Mark Stone, Chair, Assembly Judiciary Committee; (iv) Assembly Member Ash Kalra, Member, Assembly Judiciary Committee; (v) Che Salinas, Chief Deputy Legislative Affairs Secretary for Operations,…
California Legislative Update with Saul Bercovitch, CLA Director of Governmental Affairs Wednesday, March 13th at Noon Pacific Time Dial-in number 855-520-7605 / Passcode 1211276419# Agenda Part 1: Introduction Welcome/Introductions World Wide Web at 30 Part 2: Presentation by Saul Bercovitch Saul Bercovitch is the Director of Governmental Affairs for the California Lawyers Association (CLA) and he…
The Senate Judiciary Committee report was released in connection with its opening hearings on the state of California’s Consumer Privacy Act that addressed the new law, how it compared to the European GDPR, the role of the Attorney General in enforcement as well as industry and consumer perspectives on this issue.
