Tag Archives: California

Safeway to Pay $9.87 Million Settlement Over Alleged Privacy and Environmental Violations

On December 31, 2014, the second-largest U.S. grocery chain, Safeway, was ordered to pay a $9.87 million penalty as a part of a settlement with California prosecutors related to the improper dumping of hazardous waste, and the improper disposal of confidential pharmacy records containing protected health information in violation of California’s Confidentiality of Medical Information…
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California Attorney General Issues Guidance on Complying with Do-Not-Track

By: Aaron Krowne In 2013, the California Legislature passed AB 370, an addition to California’s path-blazing online consumer privacy protection law in 2003, the California Online Privacy Protection Act (“CalOPPA”).  AB 370 took effect January 1, 2014, and adds new requirements to CalOPPA pertaining to consumers’ use of Do-Not-Track (DNT) signals in their web browsers…
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