Ballard Spahr attorneys Chris Willis, Scott Pearson, and Taylor Steinbacher discuss recent noteworthy developments in California law. Chris, who chairs Ballard’s Consumer Financial Services Litigation Group, and Scott, a partner in the Consumer Financial Services group, discuss the recently decided California Supreme Court De La Torre case, which makes licensed lenders vulnerable to claims that high-interest rate loans over $2,500 may be unconscionable.… Continue Reading
California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018
California Poised to Enact Internet of Things Information Security Law
By David M. Stauss on
California is once again poised to set the standard for privacy and data security by enacting the first state law directed at securing Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The law has passed the state legislature and is awaiting the signature of Governor Jerry Brown. It requires manufacturers of “connected devices” to equip them with “a reasonable security feature or features” that are:
- appropriate to the nature and function of the device;
- appropriate to the information the device may collect, contain or transmit; and
- designed to protect the device and any information contained in it from unauthorized access, destruction, use, modification, or disclosure.