Jonathan (Yoni) Schenker

Jonathan (Yoni) Schenker, Associate

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DataSecurityLaw.com is the firm’s resource for the latest news, analysis, and thought leadership in the critical area of privacy and cybersecurity law. Patterson Belknap’s Privacy and Data Security practice provides public and private enterprises, their leadership teams and boards with comprehensive services in this critical area. Our team of experienced litigators, corporate advisors and former federal and state prosecutors advises on a broad range of privacy and data protection matters including cyber preparedness and compliance, data breach response, special board and committee representation, internal investigations, and litigation.

CCPA Update: Key Proposed Regulations for Business Practices for Handling Consumer Requests

by Jeffrey C. Skinner, Jonathan (Yoni) Schenker and Peter A. Nelson on November 21, 2019

As we recently reported on this blog, the California Attorney General (AG) released long-awaited draft regulations to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). This is the second installment in a series of posts discussing the regulations most relevant to companies as they determine whether they are covered under the law and how to comply. This post discusses business practices for receiving and verifying consumer requests to delete or opt-out, and for disclosure of specific information, referred to in the regulations as “requests to know.”

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CCPA Update: Key Proposed Notice and Privacy Policy Regulations

by Jonathan (Yoni) Schenker and Peter A. Nelson on November 7, 2019

As we recently reported on this blog, the California Attorney General (AG) released long awaited draft regulations to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The regulations provided clarity on several provisions in the law, while also failing to answer some open questions. In a series of upcoming blog posts, we will discuss the regulations most directly relevant to companies as they determine whether they are covered under the law and how to comply. This first post discusses the notices and privacy policies described in detail in the proposed regulations.

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CCPA Update: California Attorney General Releases Proposed Regulations

by Kade N. Olsen, Jonathan (Yoni) Schenker and Peter A. Nelson on November 5, 2019

On October 11, 2019, the California Attorney General released its long-anticipated Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Action and the text of its proposed regulations for the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), along with an Initial Statement of Reasons for the proposed regulations.  The documents are not a short read, with the proposed regulations covering 24 pages, the Notice 16 pages, and the Statement of Reasons another 47 pages. 

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A Closer Look at the CCPA’s Private Right of Action and Statutory Damages

by Jonathan (Yoni) Schenker, Michael F. Buchanan and Alejandro H. Cruz on August 22, 2019

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) has significantly altered the potential consequences of a data breach under California law by permitting California consumers to bring civil suits for statutory damages, Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.150(a)(1), and to seek statutory damages of between $100 and $750 “per consumer per incident or actual damages, whichever is greater.” Id. § 1798.150(a)(1)(A). The ability to seek statutory damages is in addition to injunctive or declaratory relief. Id. § 1798.150(a)(1)(B),(C).

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Part III: Our Last Look at the CCPA’s Definition of “Personal Information”

by Jonathan (Yoni) Schenker on April 24, 2019

In our third and final installment on the California Consumer Privacy Act’s (CCPA) expansive definition of “personal information,” we look at other sections of the CCPA that either limit the applicability of the law’s “personal information” definition or exclude information from coverage under the law.

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Part II: A Closer Look at the CCPA’s Definition of “Personal Information”

by Jonathan (Yoni) Schenker on April 16, 2019

Our three-part series on the California Consumer Privacy Act’s (CCPA) expansive definition of “personal information” is designed to help businesses identify whether they hold information covered under the law, while also highlighting the potential pitfalls in the definition as we await interpretative regulations from the California Attorney General and potential amendments from the state’s legislature. In Part I, we explored the breadth of the definition. We now turn to the law’s two explicit exclusions from the definition of “personal information.” 

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A Closer Look at California’s New Privacy Regime: Two Critical Definitions

by Jonathan (Yoni) Schenker on January 8, 2019

Businesses covered by the recently enacted California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) are scrambling to comply with the statute, which becomes “operative” on January 1, 2020, unless that date is changed by the California legislature. As we have noted in earlier blog posts, the CCPA is the most sweeping privacy law in the U.S. and has significant implications for any business that falls within its coverage.

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Obsolete Device Woes: What To Do?

by Jonathan (Yoni) Schenker on August 27, 2018

It seems like a victimless crime. Toss out an old computer or post it for sale on the Internet for a few bucks. Not a big deal, right?

Not so fast.

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