Archive for 2019
Last Minute Tips for Procrastinators: What Your Company Needs to Know about the January 1, 2020 Effective Date of the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”)
If your company is like many, you have known about the upcoming effective date of the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), but are still making last minute preparations in advance of it going into effect. If you are one of many procrastinators out there just starting to think about the law, the Silicon Valley Software…
Read MoreLegal Developments Impacting the Software Industry 2019
Date & Time: November 21, 2019, 10-11:15 PST Price: $125 Early Bird, $150 General Admission, $175 Last Minute & On-Demand Register on Eventbrite Watch On-Demand The Prinz Law Office is sponsoring a webinar on “Legal Developments Impacting the Software Industry in 2019” which will provide an overview of what software companies need to know about key…
Read MoreCalifornia Passes New Data Broker Law In Anticipation of January 1, 2020 Effective Date of California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”)
Software companies in the business of brokering data are on notice: the state of California intends to keep you on a tight leash. In anticipation of the January 1, 2020 effective date of the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), California took yet another bold step to protecting the personal information of Californians when it passed …
Read MoreCalifornia Finalizes California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) In Anticipation of January 1st, 2020 Effective Date
In anticipation of the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) going into effect on January 1, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom has just signed into law seven amendments to the statute, and the California Department of Justice published the text of its new regulations to be adopted in furtherance of the CCPA. The signed bills are…
Read MoreBest Practices for Negotiating SaaS Contracts & Managing SaaS Customer Relationships
The Prinz Law Office is sponsoring a webinar on “Best Practices for Negotiating SaaS Contracts & Managing SaaS Customer Relationships” which will provide an overview of how SaaS companies should be drafting customer agreements and what steps they should be taking to manage the SaaS customer relationship after the agreement is signed. At this webinar, you…
Read MoreFacebook Agrees to Record $5 Billion Settlement with FTC on Privacy Practices
Multiple media outlets are reporting today that the Federal Trade Commission has agreed to settle its case against Facebook on its privacy practices for $5 Billion. The Wall Street Journal reports that the vote by FTC commissioners was 3-2 in favor of accepting the agreement and split along party lines with the Republican majority favoring…
Read MoreFTC Puts Software Companies and Service Providers on Notice of Broad Enforcement Powers Under Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act Safeguards Rule
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has put software companies and software service providers on notice it intends to interpret the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act’s Safeguards Rule broadly to apply to businesses which make available software or services that serve financial, payroll, and accounting purposes and collect sensitive data on consumers and their employees. The FTC recently announced…
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