The California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) took effect on January 1, 2020. In October 2019, the California Attorney General (“CA AG”) published proposed regulations. In the lead up to January 1, 2020, the CA AG repeatedly made the point that those subject to the CCPA should plan for compliance with its broad principals by the
California Consumer Privacy Act: Are You Ready? (Part 2)
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Posted in Corporate Counsel, Cybersecurity and Privacy
In Part 1, see https://www.canada-usblog.com/2019/10/23/california-consumer-privacy-act-are-you-ready-part-1/, we summarized the recent legislative changes regarding the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”). Bearing in mind the CCPA takes effect on January 1, 2020 and the Attorney General is required to issue regulations by July 1, 2020, these regulations both meet that timeframe, but also seek to provide much-needed guidance…
California Consumer Privacy Act: Are You Ready? (Part 1)
By Su Ross on
Posted in Corporate Counsel, Cybersecurity and Privacy
In the last few weeks we have seen both regulatory and legislative action that has helped to clarify the scope and impact of the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”). By way of a refresher, the CCPA seeks to protect the personal information of California consumers by giving them greater knowledge about the nature and extent…
CA Consumer Privacy Act Gets a Rewrite
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Posted in Cybersecurity and Privacy
When the law was signed by then Governor Brown (see our prior Alert here), the expectation was that Attorney General Becerra would issue the enabling regulations by July of this year, which would allow a phase-in period. Then by January 1, 2020, the requirements would be clear and companies would be able to properly…