CPRA’s Impact on CCPA Enforcement and Compliance
*This article originally appeared the Daily Journal on November 20, 2020
The passage of Proposition 24, the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), amends 2018’s California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) by creating the nation’s first data privacy enforcement agency and expanding consumers’ rights with respect to their personal information. In this … Read More
A Closer Look at California Privacy Law Bar on Two Contract Clauses
*This article first appeared in Law360 on July 8, 2019
In September of 2018, California passed a significant new consumer privacy law, the California Consumer Privacy Act, which is the first U.S. law to regulate how businesses with a presence in California collect, share, and use consumer data. The CCPA … Read More
California Privacy Law Will Likely Prompt Flood Of Class Actions
*This article first appeared in Law360 on May 15, 2019.
The California Consumer Privacy Act, known as the CCPA, is a new law set to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2020. The CCPA is the first U.S. law that will require businesses with an online presence in California … Read More
Terms and Conditions: Recent Supreme Court Decisions Highlight There is More to Consider than Just the Privacy Policy
Your website is essential to your online business. By developing and presenting an online presence, however, you take on legal obligations to your users. It is, therefore, a timely exercise to stop and take stock of your terms and conditions in light of recent developments in the law, consumer expectations, … Read More
First Circuit’s Decision Provides Guidance on Creating Enforceable Website Terms and Conditions
On June 25, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Cullinane v. Uber Technologies, Inc., __ F.3d __, 2018 WL 3099388 (1st Cir. 2018), evaluated the enforceability of arbitration provisions in online contracts. The First Circuit found Uber’s arbitration provision, which contained a class action waiver, … Read More