On November 3, 2020, California voters convincingly approved the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”) ballot initiative. The CPRA builds upon and amends the California Consumer Protection Act (“CCPA”), aligning it more with...more
11/12/2020
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On August 14, 2020, California Attorney General (AG) Xavier Becerra announced that the Office of Administrative Law approved the AG’s proposed California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations and filed them with the...more
8/28/2020
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Data Protection ,
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On May 4, 2020, Californians for Consumer Privacy (CCP), the organization behind the ballot initiative that led to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), announced that it has begun submitting signatures to qualify the...more
5/21/2020
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For all that has been written about the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), one often-overlooked requirement is that covered businesses’ transparency disclosures must be accessible to consumers with disabilities. The CCPA...more
California Attorney General (AG) Xavier Becerra has issued a brief advisory that (i) highlights consumers’ basic rights under the CCPA; (ii) reminds companies of the CCPA’s threshold triggers for “businesses”; and,...more