California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA), Corporate Counsel

California Privacy and AI Legislation Update: Part II

Troutman Pepper Locke on 8/11/2025

Key point: The California legislature is currently considering several privacy-related bills that could impact the private sector....more

California Finalizes Groundbreaking Regulations on AI, Risk Assessments, and Cybersecurity, Part II: What Businesses Need to Know

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 8/8/2025

In July 2025, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) Board unanimously approved new regulations pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) that specifically address the use of automated decisionmaking...more

California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) Finally Voted to Adopt Much Debated Update to CCPA Regulations: What Your Business...

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 7/28/2025

On July 24, 2025, the California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”) unanimously voted to adopt a package of Proposed Regulations for the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), marking a significant development in...more

California Privacy Regulator Approves Trimmed-Down Regulations

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 5/19/2025

On May 1, the California Privacy Protection Agency ("CPPA") board (the "Board") met to discuss revisions to proposed regulations relating to cybersecurity audits, risk assessments, and automated decision-making technologies...more

Clothing Retailer Faces Big Fines for CCPA Violations: A Wake-Up Call + An Action Plan for Businesses

Fisher Phillips on 5/16/2025

In a significant enforcement move, California’s consumer privacy regulator just ordered a national clothing retailer to pay a $345,178 fine to resolve alleged violations of the state’s privacy law. The California Privacy...more

CPPA Underscores That Businesses Own CCPA Compliance – Even When Privacy Management Tools Fail

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 5/13/2025

The California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”) has made it abundantly clear: privacy compliance isn’t just about publishing the right disclosures – it’s about whether your systems actually work. On May 6, the agency fined...more

Buckle Up! CPPA Is Driving Privacy Regulation and Enforcement Forward

Perkins Coie on 5/13/2025

After a relatively slow start to 2025, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) is firing on all cylinders now. In recent weeks, the CPPA (i) revised the proposed Delete Request and Opt-out Platform (DROP) regulations...more

CPPA Enforcement Action Against Retailer for Failing to Monitor Cookie Consent and Requiring Excessive Verification Information...

Maynard Nexsen on 5/12/2025

On May 6, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) issued a decision requiring national clothing retailer Todd Snyder, Inc. to change its business practices and pay a $345,178 administrative fine....more

State Privacy Enforcement Ramp-Up Continues with New Actions in California and Texas

Wiley Rein LLP on 5/9/2025

State enforcement agencies are keeping the pressure on businesses, with two new enforcement actions announced this week in California and Texas. This activity signals to companies – both within and outside of the United...more

CPPA Announces New CCPA Enforcement Action

Husch Blackwell LLP on 5/7/2025

Keypoint: In its second non-data broker enforcement action for violations of the CCPA, the California Privacy Protection Agency entered into a stipulated final order with a retailer for a $345,178 administrative fine and...more

Year in Review: 2024 CCPA Litigation Trends

WilmerHale on 1/29/2025

While the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is most known for its extensive privacy compliance obligations, the law also provides for a limited private right of action for certain security-related breaches....more

CPPA Advances New Privacy Rules for Businesses

Carlton Fields on 11/11/2024

The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA), at its board meeting on November 8, 2024, voted 4–1 to advance proposed regulations to a formal rulemaking. As currently drafted, these regulations would, among other things...more

California Privacy Protection Agency Issues Dark Pattern Enforcement Advisory

Carlton Fields on 9/11/2024

On September 4, the California Privacy Protection Agency issued an enforcement advisory regarding “choice architectures that have the substantial effect of subverting or impairing a consumer’s autonomy, decision-making, or...more

California Privacy Protection Agency Issues Enforcement Advisory on Dark Patterns

Baker Botts L.L.P. on 9/6/2024

On September 4, 2024, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) issued Enforcement Advisory 2024-02 which addresses the use of “dark patterns” in user interfaces under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). This...more

California Privacy and AI Legislation Update: September 2, 2024

Husch Blackwell LLP on 9/3/2024

On Saturday, August 31, the California legislature closed its 2024 session. During the past calendar year, we tracked numerous privacy and AI-related bills with fourteen of them passing out of their chamber of origin prior to...more

California Privacy and AI Legislation Update: August 12, 2024

Husch Blackwell LLP on 8/12/2024

Keypoint: Last week, the California legislature returned from its summer recess and began moving forward with privacy and AI legislation prior to the August 31 session closing date. We are currently tracking thirteen...more

Substantial New CCPA Regulations Inch Closer to Reality: A High-Level Overview of the New Requirements and Their Projected $4...

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 8/8/2024

On July 16, 2024, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) Board met to discuss advancing a substantial draft California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) rulemaking package to formal proceedings. The proposed...more

More Proposed Regulations from California: What Do These Mean for Your Business?

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Privacy, Cyber & AI... on 7/30/2024

What Issues Did the California Privacy Protection Agency Raise? On July 16, 2024, the California Privacy Protection Agency (Agency) discussed proposed updates to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations....more

California Privacy Protection Agency Issues First-Ever Enforcement Advisory

WilmerHale on 4/11/2024

On April 2, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA or “the Agency”) issued the Agency’s first-ever enforcement advisory. The advisory (“Applying Data Minimization to Consumer Requests”) reaffirms data minimization as...more

10 Things to Know About the APRA – the Latest Federal Privacy Law Effort

Wiley Rein LLP on 4/11/2024

Over the weekend, lawmakers unveiled the latest push for a federal privacy law – the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA). The bill was circulated as a discussion draft by Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Chair of the Senate...more

California Privacy Protection Agency Public Board Meeting Sheds Light on Upcoming Risk Assessment and Cybersecurity Audit...

Epstein Becker & Green on 9/13/2023

The five-member Board of the California Privacy Protection Agency (the “CPPA”) held a public meeting on September 8, 2023, to discuss a range of topics, most notably, draft regulations relating to risk assessments and...more

CPPA Posts Draft Rules on Cybersecurity Audits and Risk Assessments - Significant New CCPA Compliance Requirements Likely on the...

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 9/5/2023

On August 29, 2023, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) posted discussion drafts of its forthcoming regulations on cybersecurity audits and risk assessments as part of the materials for its September 8, 2023,...more

7 Things You Need to Know About the Final CCPA Regulations

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 4/18/2023

Almost 9 months after the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) began the formal rulemaking process, the initial set of regulations under the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) finally became effective on March 29,...more

Proposed CCPA Regulations Set to Take Effect As Soon as April – The Time to Get Into Compliance is Now

Fisher Phillips on 2/7/2023

California data privacy officials just cleared the way for key regulations to take effect as soon as this April – which means the time is now for businesses located both in and out of the state to take seriously your efforts...more

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