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Changes to California’s Privacy Law – Consumer Privacy Rights Act
On November 3, 2020, California voters approved the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), which replaces the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA). The CPRA expands consumers’ rights regarding protection of personal information. Companies collecting personal data should review the changes to ensure compliance. Indeed, we anticipate that enforcement of these laws will drastically increase...
California Consumer Privacy Act comes into Force Jan. 1, 2020
The California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”) is a new law intended to enhance privacy rights and consumer protections for California residents, which comes into force on January 1, 2020. In the lead-up to the CCPA coming into force, this blog post covers three common questions we receive: (1) do I need to comply? (2) when...
Preparing your Privacy Policy for Apple Arcade
With the recent launch of Apple Arcade, we’re encountering a rush of clients seeking advice on how to make their Privacy Policy compliant with Apple Arcade rules. Apple Arcade requires a different Privacy Policy than the iOS store and submitting your standard Privacy Policy will most likely result in your title being rejected from Apple...
US and Canada – similar countries, similar privacy laws… right? Wrong.
We are often engaged to review Privacy Policies from a U.S. and Canadian legal perspective. In many cases these Privacy Policies were drafted by Canadian counsel without considering the laws of the client’s major market, the U.S. The privacy laws of Canada and the U.S. are quite different and a failure to comply with U.S....