The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), touted as the toughest privacy act in the country, went into effect on July 1, 2020. Although the enforcement regulations have been tweaked three times during the last year, this week California Attorney General Xavier Becerra (AG) issued the final set of rules that his office will use to
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Knowledge is Power: California Attorney General Issues Advisory on the CCPA
By Robinson+Cole's Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Team on
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said last week that “knowledge is power, and in today’s world knowledge is derived from data. When it comes to your own data, you should be in control…” These words came in an Advisory highlighting California consumers’ rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The Advisory outlined several areas…
CCPA News: Amendments Signed into Law by the California Governor and Draft Regulations Released by the State’s Attorney General
By Linn Foster Freedman & Robinson+Cole's Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Team on
Last week was a busy week for the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), as Attorney General Xavier Becerra released draft regulations on October 10 and Governor Newsom signed several pending CCPA amendments into law on October 11. The CCPA amendments clarified several important issues, including:
- employee information and business-to-business (B2B) communications are exempt from the
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