As the nation closely watches the election results coming in, the majority of votes counted in California suggest that the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (“CPRA”, or commonly known as “CCPA 2.0”), is on track to pass. Proposition 24 under the California General Election, as of the information available to us at the time
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California Attorney General Proposes Third Set of Modifications to CCPA Regulations
On October 12, 2020, California’s Attorney General proposed a third set of modifications to California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) regulations. These proposed modifications come nearly two months after the final regulations were approved and made effective by the California Office of Administrative Law (“OAL”) on August 14, and less than a month before the California…
California Advances Bills Extending CCPA Employee / B2B Exemption and Regulating Contact Tracing
On August 19, 2020, the California State Assembly on Appropriations ordered to a second reading Assembly Bill (“AB”) 1281, which would extend the exemption of the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) in relation to employee information and business-to-business (“B2B”) transactions until January 1, 2022. Specifically, AB 1281 would exempt information collected about a natural person…
Final CCPA Regulations Approved by California OAL, Effective Immediately
On Friday, August 14, 2020, the California Attorney General released the final CCPA regulations issued under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”) as approved by the California Office of Administrative Law (“OAL”), and filed them with the California Secretary of State. During its review, the OAL made additional revisions to the CCPA regulations,…
California Attorney General Submits Final Proposed CCPA Regulations
On June 1, 2020, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra submitted a finalized package of CCPA regulations to the California Office of Administrative Law (OAL). The package included not only the final text of the regulations, but also the final statement of reasons for amendments to the previous drafts. There have been multiple rounds of drafts…
“CCPA 2.0” Amendments Qualify for November 2020 Ballot

On May 4, the Californians for Consumer Privacy (led by Alistair McTaggart, the real estate investor and activist behind the original ballot initiative that led to the CCPA), announced in a letter that it had collected over 900,000 signatures to qualify the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”) for the November 2020 ballot. This version of…
Governor Signs Five Amendments to CCPA
Last Friday, October 11, 2019, one day after the California Attorney General issued proposed regulations to implement the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”), the California Governor, Gavin Newsom, announced that he signed all five of the September 2019 legislative amendments to the CCPA into law. Those amendments include AB-25, AB-874, AB-1146, AB-1355, and…
California Attorney General Issues Proposed CCPA Regulations
Today, on October 10, 2019, the California Attorney General (“AG”) issued long-awaited proposed regulations implementing the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”). The AG also issued a notice of proposed rulemaking action and an initial statement of reasons elaborating on the purposes of the proposed regulations. The proposed regulations are intended to “establish procedures…

Could Your Website Be Collecting Information from Kids? Federal Trade Commission Issues 6-Step Plan for Complying with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act
This month, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued guidance for businesses operating websites and online services looking to comply with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”). COPPA addresses the collection of personal information from children under 13. Importantly, the determination of whether a business’s website is “directed to children under 13” (and thus subject…