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Perkins on Privacy

Perkins on Privacy keeps you informed about the latest developments in privacy and data security law. Our insights are provided by Perkins Coie's Privacy & Security practice, recognized by Chambers as a leading firm in the field.

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September 20, 2019

CCPA Amendments Provide Important Clarification

On Friday the 13th of September 2019—the last day of California's Legislative Session—California lawmakers updated, finalized and sent six bills that would amend the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) to Governor Newsom's desk for signature. Despite months of efforts from various groups, the CCPA made it through the legislative session with relatively fewer changes than expected. This up

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August 6, 2019

CCPA 12-Month Compliance Series Part 6: Retaining and Deleting Data

The CCPA grants consumers the right to request deletion of any personal information which a business has collected from the consumer. Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.105. It also requires a business to fulfill deletion requests, and to direct service providers to do the same, within 45 days of receiving a "verified" or "verifiable" request from the consumer. Cal. Civ.

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June 24, 2019

Pseudonymized Personal Information on Blockchain Not Sufficient Under CCPA

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) imposes new transparency and disclosure obligations on businesses' use, sale, and disclosure of consumer information. Businesses will need to honor requests from consumers to access their personal information, delete their personal information, and opt out of the sale of their personal information.

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May 30, 2019

I Am Robot: California’s New Law Requires Disclosure of Use of Bots

Does your company use chatbots to interact with customers online? If so, California's new Autobot Law, Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17940, et seq. (SB 1001) goes into effect July 1, 2019 and may affect your business.

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May 8, 2019

CCPA 12-Month Compliance Series Part 4: Update Your Privacy Policy

A business that is subject to the CCPA will need to update its consumer-facing online privacy policy.

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April 26, 2019

Promoting and Regulating Artificial Intelligence

It is no secret that artificial intelligence ("AI") is set to become the next wave in technological innovation.

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April 12, 2019

Takeaways from CA Senate Judiciary Hearing on Bill That Would Expand CCPA’s Private Right of Action

On April 9, 2019, the California Senate Judiciary committee voted to advance SB 561, which wo

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April 3, 2019

Six Phases of Compliance for a Comprehensive Privacy Program

When creating a privacy program, it is important to look ahead and think strategically about who your audience might be. For businesses that might find themselves under the scrutiny of regulators and judges because of a lawsuit, unwanted publicity, or data breach, it is critical to be able to demonstrate substantial compliance for the program they've implemented.

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March 28, 2019

CCPA 12-Month Compliance Series Part 3: Conduct a Gap Analysis

After conducting a data inventory (see Part 2 of our CCPA series), a business should assess its risks by benchmarking its policies

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March 19, 2019

Cybersecurity, GDPR, and CCPA

The GDPR and the CCPA have made headlines for their wide scope and impact on privacy practices.

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February 27, 2019

CCPA 12-Month Compliance Series Part 2: Know Your Data

To comply with the CCPA, you need to know your data. You need to know what personal information you collect, where it is collected and stored, and whether, to whom, and for what purpose, it is shared or sold. And to know your data, you need to conduct a thorough data inventory.

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February 13, 2019

Incident Response: Have a Plan

For any company handling personal information (PI), an incident involving unauthorized access of the PI may be a question of when and not if. The question then becomes: what does the company need to do?

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February 6, 2019

Privacy by Design Is Good Business…and the Law

Recent privacy laws and standards promote, and in some cases require, privacy by design. Simply put, companies are to incorporate privacy principles in and throughout all its products and services.

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January 30, 2019

CCPA 12-Month Compliance Series Part 1: Participate in Rulemaking

The California Office of the Attorney General (OAG) will be promulgating regulations to further and provide guidance regarding the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).

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January 23, 2019

Federal Privacy Bills Introduced

With the states taking the lead on privacy (see our tip here), the federal government is starting to get in on the action. Last week, on January 16, 2019, Republican Sen.