On May 24, Governor Tim Walz signed into law the Minnesota Consumer Privacy Act (H.F. 4757) (the “MCPA”), which takes effect July 31, 2025. ...

I have the perfect tool to get you started. Our popular 2024 Legal Guide to Privacy and Data Security is now available. This guide is a coll...

According to the General Data Protection Act (GDPR), transfer of personal data to a country outside the EU can only take place where the rec...

The 2023 Legal Guide to Privacy and Data Security is now available. This Guide is a collaborative effort between Lathrop GPM and the Minnes...

Are you ready for the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA)? The CPRA, which becomes effective January 1, 2023, is essentially an extension a...

The California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) and other new state data privacy laws are set to take effect in 2023. If you needed an incentive to...

As we watch the televised Russian invasion of Ukraine with horrific destruction and casualties caused by missiles, tanks, and other conventi...

I am pleased to announce publication of the 2022 version of the Lathrop GPM Legal Guide to Privacy and Data Security. The Guide can be downl...

Privacy Bee, and other so-called privacy advocate organizations, have been sending thousands of data access and deletion requests invoking t...

It seems like a week does not go by without some new law or guidance that requires me to re-evaluate the advice given to businesses on how t...

Enhanced data privacy rights are coming your way. The Europeans started it with the GDPR in 2018, followed soon thereafter by California’s C...

As if we weren’t already confused by COPPA, CCPA, and CPRA, we may soon welcome CCPA as the newest addition to the “A-C-P” alphabet soup of ...

The Supreme Court had more on its plate last week than considering how to respond to election fraud claims made by Donald Trump. On December...

My last post discussed the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the importance of getting ready for enforcement by the California Attorn...

If you are a privacy geek like me, you circled July 1, 2020, on your calendar the same way you circled May 25, 2018. (Actually, I put a note...

Businesses have been forced to close their brick and mortar stores. We are all practicing safe distancing. People are working remotely. COVI...

I just finished presenting  my second webinar  on the new California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which becomes effective January 1, 2020.  ...

“I just think the data use by these companies is out of control” -- Alastair Mactaggart, California Real Estate Developer Who is Alasta...

My random hopes, fears, thoughts, predictions, advice, and personal observations on GDPR, CCPA, NSA, and other privacy and data security mat...

In Europe, privacy is considered a fundamental human right. If you are collecting, using, or sharing personal information of a European re...