Riding on the heels of the California Consumer Privacy Act’s (“CCPA”) recent enactment, Californians voted on November 3rd to pass Proposition 24, otherwise known as the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (“CPRA”). While California consumers are looking forward to broader privacy protection, businesses must adjust and enhance their privacy and data protection programs to…
The California legislature recently passed several privacy-related bills, including Assembly Bill 713 (AB 713) and Senate Bill 980 (SB 980). AB 713 amends the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) to exempt specific health information from the CCPA. SB 980, or the Genetic Information Privacy Act (the “Act”), creates data privacy and security compliance obligations for…
On August 30, 2020, the California state legislature passed Assembly Bill 1281 (AB-1281), which amends the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) to extend the CCPA’s employee and business-to-business exemptions by one year, until January 1, 2022. Under these exemptions, businesses subject to the CCPA are not required to comply with the CCPA’s full requirements regarding…
California citizens will most likely be asked to vote this November on a new privacy protection ballot initiative—the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA,” aka “CCPA 2.0”). This latest measure aims to more closely mirror the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) by establishing broader consumer privacy rights than the current California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”)…
California’s Attorney General, Xavier Becerra (the AG), has no plans to delay enforcement of the California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA or the Act) during the COVID-19 public health emergency. Although the CCPA went into effect on January 1, 2020, the statute does not authorize enforcement of the Act to begin until July 1, 2020, or…
On October 10, the California Attorney General released the long-awaited proposed regulations (“CCPA Regulations” or “Regulations”) for the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”). As noted in the press release announcing the CCPA Regulations, the Regulations are intended to operationalize the CCPA, provide additional guidance to consumers and businesses subject to the CCPA, and address some…
In the past two years, a flurry of states have enacted laws and amendments to laws governing businesses’ collection, use, sharing, and protection of consumers’ personal information, including the SHIELD Act (SHIELD Act or Act) in New York, amendments to Nevada’s Security and Privacy of Personal Information Law, and the California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA). …
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA or Act) will become operative on January 1, 2020. In light of recent amendments, regulatory enforcement of the CCPA will not take place until July 1, 2020, or six months after implementing regulations have been published by the California Attorney General (CaAG), whichever is sooner. Although the potential delay…
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