Elliott Siebers

Nov 11, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Patricia M. Carreiro |Elliott Siebers

The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA), at its board meeting on November 8, 2024, voted 4–1 to advance proposed regulations to a formal rulemaking.

Nov 1, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Patricia M. Carreiro |Elliott Siebers

Keeping the season spooky for data brokers, the enforcement division of the California Privacy Protection Agency announced on October 30, 2024, that it is conducting a public investigative sweep of data broker registration compliance under California’s Delete Act. What Is a Data Broker?

Oct 7, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Patricia M. Carreiro |Elliott Siebers

What happened? On September 4, the California Privacy Protection Agency, the agency responsible for enforcing the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), issued an enforcement advisory on “dark patterns” and their inability to constitute valid consent. Why does it matter?

Sep 11, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Patricia M. Carreiro |Elliott Siebers

On September 4, the California Privacy Protection Agency issued an enforcement advisory regarding “choice architectures that have the substantial effect of subverting or impairing a consumer’s autonomy, decision-making, or choice” which are, in other words, considered “dark patterns” pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and its implementing regulations.

Mar 21, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Ali Albazzaz |Elliott Siebers

On February 16, 2023, the Attorneys General of Ohio and Pennsylvania announced a settlement with Ohio-based DNA Diagnostics Center (“DDC”) for a 2021 data breach which involved 2.1 million residents nationwide, including the social security numbers of over 45,000 Ohio and Pennsylvania residents.