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California moves to disable vehicular data access used in domestic abuse

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Background On February 28, 2024, California State Senator Dave Min proposed Senate Bill (SB) 1394, a new measure aimed at preventing vehicular data from being used to perpetuate domestic violence. Under the proposal, automobile manufacturers would be required to disable access to remote vehicle technologies upon the request of a victim of domestic violence. The bill arrives amid increasing reports of incidents of domestic abusers exploiting vehicular location tracking features to stalk and harass victims…

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California’s CPPA moves into 2024 with an ambitious agenda on Cybersecurity Audits, Risk Assessments, and Automated Decision-Making Technology

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The California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”) held a public board meeting on December 8, 2023. As discussed in our previous article, the CPPA is in the process of preparing Draft Regulations on Cybersecurity Audits, Risk Assessments and Automated Decision-Making Technology. The Rules Subcommittee provided updates on these regulations, and Board members provided their feedback on the drafts. Key Takeaways Regarding CCPA Cybersecurity Audit Regulations The Cybersecurity Audit Regulations would require businesses “whose processing of consumers’…

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Reminder: Large Social Media Companies Must Submit Their First Terms of Service Report to California Attorney General by January 1, 2024 or Face $15k Fines Per Day

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Chapter 22.8 of the California Business and Professions Code imposes requirements on social media companies with annual gross revenues of $100 million or more to submit “terms of service reports” to the California Attorney General, with the first report due by January 1, 2024. The statute is currently the subject of a constitutional challenge, but covered companies should not delay preparing reports in case the lawsuit drags on or is unsuccessful. The law applies to…

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United States: California strengthens privacy protections for specific data types concerning citizenship and reproductive healthcare

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In brief On October 8, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed two bills into law amending the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). AB 947 classifies citizenship and immigration status as “sensitive personal information” subject to special protections under the CCPA, while AB 1194 strengthens reproductive privacy rights. Both bills carried the unanimous endorsement of the California Privacy Protection Agency. Details for each bill are described below followed by actionable guidance businesses can take to prepare…

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The Data Market in California faces another blow as data brokers will be subject to additional obligations under the streamlined deletion mechanism for California consumers

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If you are a data broker or a business that relies on data brokers for targeted advertising, you should be aware that the California Data Broker Law will be significantly changed under the California Delete Act On October 10, 2023, California Governor, Gavin Newsom, signed Senate Bill 362, referred to as the Delete Act, into law. The Delete Act amends existing data broker laws to subject all data brokers to new registration and disclosure requirements…

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Key Takeaways from CPPA’s Public Meeting Discussing Risk Assessments and Cybersecurity Audits

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As we previously covered in a post earlier this month, the California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”) has published draft regulations on risk assessments and cybersecurity audits required by the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”). On September 8, the CPPA held a public board meeting that included discussion of select portions of the regulations. Prior to the meeting, the board circulated copies of the draft regulations for…

In Artificial Intelligence

Join us in Palo Alto October 10 for our Generative AI – Harnessing the Power and Mitigating Risk Seminar

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Special thanks to our Baker McKenzie speakers Danielle Benecke and Ben Allgrove, and Industry Experts Ashley Pantuliano, Associate General Counsel, OpenAI, Julian Tsisin, Global Legal & Compliance Technology, Meta, Janel Thamkul, Deputy General Counsel, Anthropic, and Suneil Thomas, Managing Counsel, Google Cloud AI. Baker McKenzie is pleased to invite you to an afternoon exploring the legal ramifications of the AI Revolution on October 10. Following an interactive keynote discussion with our in-house panelists, leading Baker McKenzie AI lawyers will address the cutting edge legal and regulatory…

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California Governor Issues Executive Order Addressing the Development of Generative Artificial Intelligence

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On September 6, 2023, California Governor, Gavin Newson, issued an executive order to study the development, use, and risks of generative artificial intelligence (“Gen AI”). Similar to data privacy, California is the first state to analyze Gen AI under this lens. Under the executive order, state agencies will be required to perform risk assessments, create ethical guidelines for Gen AI usage and formulate new policies and regulations. Goals of the executive order are to (i)…

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First Look at California Privacy Protection Agency’s Proposed Regulations on Risk Assessments

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On August 29, 2023, the California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”) published draft regulations on risk assessments and cybersecurity audits required by the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”). The CPPA will discuss the draft regulations at the upcoming public meeting on September 8, 2023. The draft regulations make clear that the CPPA has not yet begun formal rulemaking, and that the draft regulations are “intended to facilitate…

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Senate Bill 362 to Amend California Data Broker Law

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If you are a data broker or a business that relies on data brokers for targeted advertising, you should be aware that the California Data Broker Law may be significantly changed under a proposed bill. Under Senate Bill 362, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) would be required to set up, by January 1, 2026, an accessible deletion mechanism where consumers could request deletion via the CPPA that all data brokers then have to honor.…

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