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The California Consumer Privact Act (CCPA), effective January 1, 2020, enhances privacy rights and consumer protections of California residents. Follow this channel for latest guidance and updates on the CCPA,... more +
The California Consumer Privact Act (CCPA), effective January 1, 2020, enhances privacy rights and consumer protections of California residents. Follow this channel for latest guidance and updates on the CCPA, including implications for business conducting business in California.  less -
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New California Regs Will Impact Your AI and Privacy Policies: FAQs on Automated Decision-Making, Risk Assessments, and...

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California regulators unanimously approved a sweeping set of regulations on July 24 governing the use of automated decision-making technology (ADMT) and mandating risk assessments and cybersecurity audits for businesses...more

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State Privacy Enforcement Accelerates, With California Targeting Substantive Compliance and Connecticut Bringing Its First Action

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As federal privacy enforcement shows signs of slowing, states are aggressively stepping in to fill the void. On July 1, 2025, the California attorney general (AG) announced a $1.55 million settlement with Healthline Media,...more

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California’s Telephone Consumer Protection Act Compendium

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Does your state have its own version of the TCPA? Yes. California has what is known as the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, which is located in sections 1798.100 to 1798.199.100 of the California Civil Code. The...more

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California AG Announces Investigative Sweep Targeting Geolocation Data

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On March 10, California Attorney General (AG) Rob Bonta announced an investigative sweep of the location data industry for potential noncompliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)....more

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California Probe Targets Location Data Industry: 5 Steps to Keep Your Business Off the CCPA Enforcement Radar

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A new California investigative sweep into the location data industry focuses on whether businesses have violated state law relating to the consumers’ right to limit how their personal information – including their geolocation...more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: Latest Developments in California Privacy Enforcement in March 2025 – Investigative Sweep and CPPA Enforcement...

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California has again made headlines this week with two notable data privacy developments under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”): (1) the California Attorney General’s (“California AG”) announcement of a new...more

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California and Colorado Establish Protections for Neural Data

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When one hears the term “neural data,” a brain implant comes to mind, alongside concerns about these neurotechnologies being able to read our innermost thoughts. Generally, implantable devices such as these are considered...more

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California Extends Privacy Law to Cover Neural Data

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On September 29, 2024, California took a significant step forward in data privacy protection by passing a law that extends the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) to cover neural data—brain activity and related information...more

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California Governor Signs Three Bills Amending CCPA Provisions on Sensitive Information and Opt-Out Preferences in the Context of...

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During the final days of the California legislative session, which ended on August 31, 2024, the California legislature passed several privacy bills, described below, that would amend the California Consumer Privacy Act...more

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California Amends Key CCPA Definitions

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California is set to amend the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) with two recent amendments that have been signed into law. Assembly Bill (AB 1008) and Senate Bill 1223 (SB 1223) aim to clarify how the law...more

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California’s Revised Risk Assessment Regulations

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In December, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) published revised draft regulations on risk assessments required under the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). Under prior draft regulations, the CPPA will...more

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CCPA Amendments Extend Protections to Reproductive Health and Citizenship Status

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Governor Newson recently signed two amendments to the CCPA strengthening protections for certain data types. The changes go into effect January 1, 2024....more

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California Expands Definition of Sensitive Personal Information Covered Under CCPA

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On October 8, 2023, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) signed Assembly Bill 947 (AB 947) into law, adding citizenship and immigration status to the California Consumer Privacy Act’s (CCPA) definition of “sensitive personal...more

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California Continues to Expand Privacy Protections

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The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (the “CCPA”), is regarded as one of the strongest and most comprehensive privacy laws in the United States and in recent...more

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CPRA Draft Regulations – Next Round(s)

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It has been a bustling fall for the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA or Agency). In the spirit of the upcoming holiday season, the Agency gifted us not one but two rounds of proposed modifications to the regulations...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

CPRA Proposed Regulations Formally Noticed for 15 Day Comment Period

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Keypoint: On the heels of last week’s Board meeting, Agency staff quickly turned around a modified version of the proposed regulations, triggering a fifteen day comment period and further signaling that the Agency is on track...more

Buchalter

The Compliance Clock is Ticking: Prepare for the California Privacy Sprint to January 1st

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The amended California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), sometimes referred to as the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) or Proposition 24, takes effect on January 1, 2023 – and introduces new consumer rights, while...more

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CPRA Countdown: It's time to brush up on California's latest data privacy law

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On November 3, 2020, California voters approved Proposition 24, a ballot initiative which enacted the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”). The CPRA amends the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), the most sweeping...more

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Privacy Update: California Can Enforce Net Neutrality Law After Court Victory

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California Can Enforce Net Neutrality Law After Court Victory - California’s net neutrality law bars internet service providers from prioritizing, blocking, slowing down, or speeding up internet content. California’s law...more

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California Privacy Rights Act Passes: Five Tips to Help Companies Prepare for California’s New, New Thing!

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The California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) passed by ballot measure in November 2020. While it does not repeal the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which became effective in January 2020, it does change and augment CCPA...more

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California Strikes Back…For Data Privacy!

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Well, California is at it again. Less than one year after the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) took effect, the people of California voted to approve Proposition 24 (aka the California Privacy Rights Act, the “CPRA”)...more

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The Passage of Proposition 24 Creates New Privacy Obligations for Businesses

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While most of the attention has been focused on the presidential and congressional races, the passage of down ballot propositions in California may substantially impact your business. By passing Proposition 24, Californians...more

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California Voters Pass the California Privacy Rights Act

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While the world anxiously awaited the results of the November 2020 U.S. federal elections, California silently passed California Proposition 24, the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). Labeled on the ballot simply as...more

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CPRA Passes, Further Bolstering Privacy Regulations and Requirements in California

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The CPRA, also referred to as CCPA 2.0, is a more robust version of the CCPA. The original drafter of the CCPA put CPRA on the ballot to amend and bolster key provisions in the CCPA....more

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California Ballot Initiative Expands Data Privacy Obligations

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Though it may not have been the biggest news of the election so far, California voters approved Proposition 24 on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Proposition 24 adopts the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA), which...more

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