California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Covered Employer

CPRA Countdown: Ensuring Your Organization’s Privacy Compliance in the New Year

CDF Labor Law LLP on 1/15/2024

With the new year underway, and enforcement looming, it is more important than ever to ensure your organization is compliant with the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA)—the amendment to the California Consumer Privacy Act...more

This One Simple Change to Your HR Vendor Contracts Can Help You Avoid Additional CCPA Burdens

Fisher Phillips on 9/12/2023

For employers, complying with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) can be quite burdensome. So if you can identify a simple way to reduce your obligations under this law, you should typically jump at the opportunity....more

California Attorney General Announces New Investigative Sweep Targeting CCPA Compliance for “Large California Employers”

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 7/31/2023

On July 14, 2023, the California Attorney General announced an investigative sweep targeting CCPA compliance efforts by “large California employers.” The Attorney General’s Office stated that it sent inquiry letters to large...more

What Does the California Attorney General’s New Investigative CCPA Sweep Mean for California Employers?

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 7/31/2023

On July 14, 2023, the California Attorney General announced an investigative sweep targeting CCPA compliance efforts by “large California employers.” The Attorney General’s Office sent inquiry letters to the large California...more

The California Attorney General Investigates CA Employers’ CCPA Compliance

Fenwick & West LLP on 7/24/2023

On July 14, 2023, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced an “investigative sweep” through inquiry letters sent to large California employers. The sweep seeks information on companies’ compliance with the California...more

[Webinar] Top Tips for California Employers to Prepare for the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) Effective January 1, 2023 -...

CDF Labor Law LLP on 10/11/2022

Following the passage of the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), for the past two years, employers have been partially exempt from many of the California Consumer Privacy Act's (CCPA) mandates pertaining to applicants,...more

Employee Data Under the CCPA: Expiration of Employer Exemptions Requires Compliance as of January 1, 2023

Farella Braun + Martel LLP on 10/5/2022

Since the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) was passed in 2018, employers have been watching carefully to see how the law will apply to data collected and maintained about their employees. Up until now, employment data...more

How Large Employers Can Prepare for CCPA/CPRA Obligations for “HR Data” in 2022

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 12/22/2021

Get ready, large employers. After years of amendments exempting the personal information of employees and other personnel from the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), covered employers now have a firm deadline by which...more

New Year, New Hires: The California Consumer Privacy Act and Your Employees

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 1/16/2020

It’s January 2020. Thousands of businesses just completed the mad dash to meet the California Consumer Privacy Act’s (CCPA) requirements. Unfortunately, now is not the time to take a breather if you have employees in...more

If a company has California employees is it subject to the CCPA?

BCLP on 1/8/2020

Not necessarily. Although the CCPA’s definition of “consumer” includes employees that reside in California, the CCPA applies only to a “business” - a term that is defined as being an entity that “does business in the State...more

AB 25 Passes the California Assembly – and Excludes Employee Information from Coverage under the California Consumer Privacy Act...

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 6/3/2019

On May 29, 2019, the California Assembly took a major step to rationalize the coverage of the CCPA by excluding employee information from the definition of “consumer.” Specifically, the term “consumer” was amended to exclude...more

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