This post describes the whirlwind of recently enacted and currently debated privacy legislation in California, including new online protections for minors, amendments to breach notification requirements, and new online privacy policy requirements.
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New California Law to Require Additional Web Privacy Policy Disclosures
On August 26, the California legislature passed AB 370, which would require commercial websites and other online services such as mobile apps to include language in their privacy policies disclosing whether the service uses third-party vendors to track users across a network of other websites or online services, and how the users can opt out of such tracking using a centralized “do not track” signal or other mechanism. If signed by the governor, as expected, this bill would apply de facto to most websites and mobile apps by virtue of their accessibility in California, and would require revision of many privacy policies as a result.
Privacy Law in 2012: Where We Are and Where We Are Going
On August 3, at the ABA Annual Meeting, the ABA Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice held a panel moderated by Hogan Lovells privacy leader Chris Wolf entitled “Privacy Law in 2012: Where We Are and Where We Are Going.” The article below, reprinted with permission from ABA Now, describes thoughts of the panelists on the future of privacy in the US and in Europe.