CCPA Archive

Who needs CCPA training?

As we approach the July 1 enforcement date for the CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act), organizations must act now to ensure they’re compliant. One of the most important requirements is staff training, because it demonstrates that employees understand and are …

What is the California Privacy Rights Act?

On May 4, 2020, Californians for Consumer Privacy announced that it had collected more than 900,000 signatures to qualify the CPRA (California Privacy Rights Act) for the November 2020 ballot.   Also known as ‘CCPA 2.0’, the CPRA enhances privacy protections established by the CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act) and builds …

Did IBM violate BIPA?

In mid-March, NBC reported that IBM collected nearly one million photos from photo hosting site Flickr to use as data sets to help develop facial recognition algorithms. Although IBM claims the data set is designed to help academic researchers make …

Apple vs. Facebook

New technologies, whether from Apple, Facebook or other organizations always cause regulatory confusion. When cars were first developed and sold in large numbers in the early 20th century, the streets were chaos: there were no stop signs, warning signs, traffic …