The California Secretary of State has announced that the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) will be on California’s November 3, 2020 ballot. If approved by California voters, the CPRA would significantly update and amend the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) that went into effect at the beginning of this year. The organization that submitted the […]
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)
California AG Publishes Final CCPA Regulations, Seeks Possible July 1 Effective Date
Since the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) entered into force on January 1, 2020, many companies have been closely following the development of CCPA Regulations by the California Attorney General’s Office (AG’s Office). The AG’s Office released an initial draft of the CCPA Regulations in October 2019, prompting over 3,000 pages of public comment (read […]
COVID-19 Is Not A Free Pass For Privacy And Security Compliance
In the wake of stay-at-home orders stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, companies have rushed to provide work-from-home options for many, if not all, of their employees. As exigency fades into the new normal, however, the California Attorney General and New York’s Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) – two key privacy and security regulators – have […]
CCPA Plaintiffs Testing whether Any CCPA Violation Can be Used to Bring Class Actions
Plaintiffs’ counsel have started to lay the groundwork in the last few weeks for a broad private right of action under the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”). Alston & Bird has published an Advisory that evaluates this recent CCPA litigation, and offers practical advice to companies as they build CCPA compliance. In this Advisory, […]
California Attorney General Issues Second Round of Modifications to CCPA Regulations
At approximately 6:00 p.m. today, March 11, 2020, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced a second round of modifications to the draft regulations his office is preparing for the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “Draft CCPA Regulations”). These modifications follow two previous rounds of drafting: (a) the initial publication of the Draft CCPA Regulations, in […]