Tag Archives: California Consumer Privacy Act

California OAG Proposes New CCPA Regs Two Weeks Before Voters Decide on the Fate of CCPA 2.0

By Alan L. Friel, Jeewon Serrato and BakerHostetler on October 20, 2020 Posted in CCPA

On Monday, Oct. 12, the California Office of the Attorney General (the Attorney General or OAG) released a third set of proposed modifications to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations (the Regulations). The full text can be found on the Attorney General’s website here. The proposed modifications to the Regulations are limited to four … Continue Reading

Employee Training and Record-Keeping Requirements in the Final CCPA Regulations and a Preview of New Retention Requirements in the CPRA

By Nichole Sterling and James A. Sherer on September 15, 2020 Posted in CCPA

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) does not in itself outline specific employee training or record-keeping requirements that demonstrate business compliance with the law. However, the California attorney general’s final CCPA Regulations, intended to guide the application of the CCPA, detail that specific types of employee training and record-keeping are required for CCPA compliance. Specifically, … Continue Reading

Return to Work: What Employers Should Know About AB 1281, CCPA Notice Requirements and Recent Labor Law Guidance

By Alan L. Friel, Jeewon Serrato and Catrina Wang on September 8, 2020 Posted in CCPA

While most privacy news and alerts have been focused on the collection and processing of customer data (see our earlier posts about interest-based advertising and the House Judiciary Committee’s Antitrust Hearing with Big Tech, for example), privacy issues related to data collected from employees and business-to-business (B2B) contacts increasingly are becoming a concern for businesses. … Continue Reading

Three Paths to Final CCPA Regulations by July 1

By Taylor A. Bloom, Kyle R. Fath and Gerald J. Ferguson on May 29, 2020 Posted in CCPA

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) requires the California Attorney General (AG) to issue regulations to “further the purposes of the title” by July 1, 2020. As that date quickly approaches, various rumors have been circulating about the status of the final regulations and whether they will actually be issued by July 1, or at … Continue Reading

CCPA Notice Requirements for Statutory Damages

By James Morrison and Casie Collignon on December 16, 2019 Posted in CCPA

Beginning on Jan. 1, 2020, companies that collect personal information of California residents need to be prepared to prevent and defend against potentially catastrophic litigation if such personal information becomes compromised. Specifically, under the California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA), any California consumer whose nonencrypted or nonredacted personal information is subject to unauthorized access and exfiltration, … Continue Reading

A Balancing Act: A Brief Overview of California Privacy Laws

By Kamran Salour on October 23, 2019 Posted in CCPA

The California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) takes effect on January 1, 2020. The CCPA aims to provide consumers with an unprecedented array of rights concerning the control of their personal information and, correspondingly, imposes an unprecedented array of obligations upon businesses concerning consumers’ personal information. These obligations are not without limitation, however; the CCPA strives … Continue Reading