On February 7, 2020, the California Office of the Attorney General released Modified Regulations to the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”). The Modified Regulations update the Initial Proposed Regulations, which were previously published on October 11, 2019. The deadline to submit written comments is February 24, 2020 at 5:00 pm PST. We will follow up […]
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)
Alston & Bird Details 21 Potentially Significant Impacts from Draft CCPA Regulations
Late last week, the Californa Attorney General published much-anticipated proposed Regulations under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”). The Regulations are extensive and contain a number of potentially material business impacts. To help companies work through the Regulations, Alston & Bird’s Privacy & Data Security team published a client advisory outlining “21 Potentially Significant […]
Which CCPA Amendments Made the Cut?
We may now have more clarity on what the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”) will look like when it goes into effect on January 1, 2020. The California Assembly’s Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection approved a series of bills last week that will now advance to the Appropriations Committee before being put to […]
Privacy for All and Employees Excluded: Amendments to the CCPA That Have Traction
When first introduced on February 22, 2019, AB 1760 aimed to merely fix a few typographical errors in the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (the “CCPA”). However, when AB 1760 was first amended on April 4, 2019, the bill turned into a wholesale replacement of the CCPA with the “Privacy For All Act of […]
CCPA Carve-Out for Online Advertising? Proposed Amendment Exempts Certain Advertising Data from Do-Not-Sell Restrictions
California passed the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in September 2018, and the CCPA enters into force on January 1, 2020. One of the CCPA’s core elements is a right for consumers to know when a company is selling their data, and to opt-out of data sales at any time. This was the primary focus […]