Author Archives: Aditi R

When you set up your company, you hopefully set up a stock option plan (also known as an equity inventive plan) at the same time so that you have a plan that is properly adopted and ready to be used when you are about to grant options or other equity incentives to service providers. WhenContinue reading “Do Not Try to Self-Administer Your Stock Option Plan”

Personally Identifiable Information (“PII”) has become a buzzword in the privacy law world the last few years, and it is heavily protected by rules and regulations around the world, such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Companies that fail to comply with regulations such as the GDPR, or that suffer a data breach, faceContinue reading “What is Personally Identifiable Information (or “PII”)?”

The California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) became effective at the start of 2020. Its purpose is to protect the personal identifiable information (“PII”) of California consumers. The bad news for businesses is that the California Consumer Privacy Act’s legal requirements are murky at best. And, even in its infancy, the CCPA has been in aContinue reading “The CCPA – Does it apply to your business?”

The California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) has some twisty definitions of who is – and isn’t – considered a California consumer. The text of the CCPA says a business who “alone or in combination, annually buys, receives for the business’s commercial purposes, sells, or shares for commercial purposes, alone or in combination, the personal informationContinue reading “CCPA – Who are California Consumers?”