In August, California’s Attorney General announced a settlement with Sephora that carried a $1.2 million dollar fine for Sephora’s California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) violations. This is the first CCPA action taken by California that resulted in a fine and settlement. It is important to understand what the California Attorney General alleged Sephora did in violation of the CCPA, so…
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Keeping you current to Focus BetterThe Sephora CCPA Settlement – How California’s First Fine Can Help Businesses Understand Their Privacy Requirements09/16/2022
And Then There Were Three: The Colorado Data Privacy Law – Colorado Becomes Third State to Enact Consumer Privacy Law07/15/2021
On July 7, 2021, Colorado’s Governor, Jared Polis, signed the Colorado Privacy Act (“CPA”) into law. Colorado is the third U.S. state to enact a comprehensive privacy law, following the previous enactment of the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) and the Virginia Data Privacy Act …
Cybersecurity Preparedness01/29/2020
As 2020 kicks off, cybersecurity remains ever present in the news whether its predictions for cyberattacks in conflict between state actors, such as the United States and Iran, or the recent New York Times report regarding a possible hack at the Ukrainian gas company at the heart …
The BEC/FBI Tech Hacking Advisory – Doing Business with Foreign Suppliers/Businesses10/29/2015
It was not so long ago that in the cyberspace realm businesses only needed to worry about having a good firewall and spam filter to prevent fraud. Now, as technology has advanced so have the fraudsters and the government is warning businesses, especially those conducting …