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Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Blog Posts From January 2021
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Blog: CCPA 2.0 and the Changing Privacy Landscape, Part IV: Data Minimization & Retention
Date: January 26, 2021
Title: CCPA 2.0 and the Changing Privacy Landscape, Part IV: Data Minimization & Retention
Summary: The fourth installment in our ongoing series about changes to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) focuses on the new data minimization and data retention requirements for subject businesses created by the passage of the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) on November 3, 2020. These provisions also obligate subject entities to implement business-wide internal policy changes to accommodate the possible need to change their data collection and retention policies before the CPRA is fully operative....
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Blog: Office of Foreign Assets Control Guidance on Ransomware Payments
Date: January 21, 2021
Title: Office of Foreign Assets Control Guidance on Ransomware Payments
Summary: The United States Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is broadly tasked with administering and enforcing economic trade sanctions based on United States foreign policy and national security goals. On October 1, 2020, OFAC issued an “Advisory on Potential Sanctions Risks for Facilitating Ransomware Payments” to companies providing services to victims of ransomware attacks....
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Blog: CCPA 2.0 and the Changing Privacy Landscape, Part III: Notice Obligations & Right to Opt Out
Date: January 15, 2021
Title: CCPA 2.0 and the Changing Privacy Landscape, Part III: Notice Obligations & Right to Opt Out
Summary: This third installment in our ongoing series about changes to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) focuses on the new consumer opt-out rights and business disclosure obligations created by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), which was approved by voters last November. Part I of this series looked at the CPRA’s definition and treatment of “sensitive personal information.” Part II discussed covered “businesses” and exemptions....