California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018

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We all know businesses collect our data. But did you know that businesses can draw inferences from those data to determine whether a consumer is married, or is a homeowner, or is a likely voter? Recently, the question arose whether those inferences constitute personal information under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA or…

On December 11, 2020, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra released the fourth set of proposed modifications to the regulations of the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA). This fourth set of proposed modifications is in response to comments received to the third set of modifications that were released on October 12, 2020. According to…

The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) currently exempts from its provisions certain information collected by a business about a natural person in the course of the person acting as a job applicant, employee, owner, director, officer, medical staff member, or contractor of a business. This exemption is set to expire on December 31,…

The California legislature recently passed AB 713 which is an amendment to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA). This bill will take effect immediately on September 30, 2020 once Governor Gavin Newsom signs the legislation. The effect of AB 713 is that it adds Section 1798.146 to the CCPA, and states that the…

A few weeks ago, I pondered whether the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) is still a bit of a work in progress with the introduction of a proposed amendment. Recently, another amendment was proposed by Assembly Member Edwin Chau in the form of Assembly Bill 25.

Assembly Bill 25 would exclude employees and…

This week we continue our series of articles on the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA). One of the biggest challenges for all of us who are analyzing this law is that even before its 2020 effective date, it’s still a work in progress. This week, legislation was introduced by California State Senator Hannah-Beth…

The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) is here and it’s best to start now to learn what this law is, who it applies to, and what you and your business can do to be prepared. This article is a follow up to our earlier post on the CCPA.

Although the Act was passed…