Lauren Feiner reports: As California’s digital privacy bill hurtles toward the first day of enforcement on July 1, federal lawmakers are under pressure to establish a national standard. Several proposals are making their way around Congress but two points of contention still threaten to hold up negotiations over new legislation. First is preemption: the question of whether…
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INSIGHT: First CCPA-Related Case Foreshadows Five Issues
Ron Raether, Sadia Mirza, Oscar Figueroa, and Mary Kate Kamka of Troutman Sanders LLP write: On Feb. 3, plaintiff Bernadette Barnes filed a class action lawsuit hoping to be the first case to rely on the new California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The complaint was filed over a data breach that allegedly occurred before the…
Federal Agencies Use Cellphone Location Data for Immigration Enforcement
Byron Tau and Michelle Hackman report: The Trump administration has bought access to a commercial database that maps the movements of millions of cellphones in America and is using it for immigration and border enforcement, according to people familiar with the matter and documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. The location data is drawn from…
California Attorney General Unveils Fresh Privacy Rules Proposal
Daniel R. Stoller reports: California Attorney General Xavier Becerra released an updated set of draft rules for how companies must follow the state’s landmark privacy law. Becerra (D) modified the draft rules he unveiled last October by adding new examples of how companies can give notice to consumers about data collection. The update also contains new examples…