Reece Hirsch is a partner in the San Francisco, Calif. office of Morgan Lewis and co-head of the firm’s Privacy & Cybersecurity practice. He can be reached at reece.hirsch@morganlewis.com.
When California Governor Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 327 on September 28, California became the first state to enact legislation expressly governing cybersecurity measures that must be employed by manufacturers of Internet-connected “smart” devices, collectively known as the Internet of Things (IoT). The law, to be codified at California Civil Code Sections 1798.91.04–06, became effective on January 1, 2020.
