Civic Code News Today

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California's Consumer Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA) purports to shield small and not-for-profit organizations from the scope of the act.

California’s Consumer Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA) purports to shield small and not-for-profit organizations from the scope of the act. Indeed, the CPRA’s definition of a...

Two homeowners are detained for gathering a crowd to disrupt public order despite such elections being legal.

A couple is preparing legal action to challenge Japan’s one-surname only policy for married couples in official documents, after a court refused to confirm the legal status of their marriage.

Seventeen out of 20 sunglasses examined by the Consumer Protection Committee in a random inspection failed to meet standards, the committee told a news conference in Taipei yesterday. The government’s Chinese National Standards (CNS) 15067 stipulate that sunglasses are ranked 0 to 4, with a lower rank meaning more light can pass through the lenses, the committee said. Committee officer Wang Te-ming (王德明) said that level 0 lenses should have 80 percent or more light filtration, should be ...

Lawmakers of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Dec. 4 discuss guidelines to ensure gender equality. The issue of dual surnames was raised at the meeting. (Sawa Okabayashi) Lawsuits filed over the constitutionality of a legal provision that prevents married couples from registering separate surnames are heading to the Supreme Court’s Grand Bench. The top court’s Petty Bench on Dec. 9 decided to refer three cases, filed by couples in de facto marriages, to the Grand Bench. The Grand Benc...