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Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

The CCPA’s automated decisionmaking tool rules: New consumer rights and compliance challenges

On July 24, 2025, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) unanimously adopted a comprehensive rulemaking package under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) that primarily addresses automated decisionmaking...more

Fisher Phillips

California Regulators Take Aim at Resume Screening and Other Automated Tech: 4 Steps for Businesses After Latest Privacy Agency...

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In its public meeting last week, California privacy officials pushed forward key initiatives that could impact businesses and employers, including initiating formal rulemaking that would significantly impact those using...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

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

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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

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The California Attorney General Investigates CA Employers’ CCPA Compliance

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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

Latham & Watkins LLP

Employee Data Increasingly in the Crosshairs of Data Privacy Enforcement

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The California Attorney General’s investigative sweep is a potential harbinger of increased focus on employers’ data privacy compliance with respect to employee data. On July 14, 2023, the California Attorney General...more

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California Employers Beware: Your 5-Step Plan as Attorney General Announces CCPA Investigative Sweep

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California employers, beware: the state’s top prosecutor just announced his office is conducting an investigative sweep of whether and how large California employers have complied with data privacy and consumer protection...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

California Attorney General Announces New CCPA Investigative Sweep of Employers

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Keypoint: The Attorney General’s investigatory sweep focuses on how large California employers are handling the expiration of the CCPA’s employee data exemption. On July 14, 2023, the California Attorney General announced a...more

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CCPA-Covered Businesses Be On the Look Out for a Letter from the California Attorney General

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Though enforcement of the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) which amended the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) has been paused for now, the State of California is not resting when it comes to compliance with the...more

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HR data is now regulated under California privacy law: How to tackle compliance

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2023 will be yet another dynamic year for data privacy regulation.  In addition to the data privacy laws in Virginia, Colorado, Utah, and Connecticut going into force this year, businesses also have to contend with the fact...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

New California Law Expands Pay Transparency and Reporting Requirements

As of January 1, 2023, California will require most employers to disclose “pay scale” information in job postings. SB 1162 also imposes a host of new reporting and pay transparency requirements for larger employers, including...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

California Consumer Privacy Act FAQs: Employment Information

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1. What’s changing? Under the current version of the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), an employer’s obligations related to the personal information it collects from employees, applicants, and contractors residing...more

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Top 10 List – Keep Your Eyes on These California Employment Bills on Governor Newsom’s Desk

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Eight months of legislative wrangling and dealmaking have come to an end as the California Legislature just wrapped up work for the year – and now employers across the Golden State turn their eyes to the governor’s office to...more

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Privacy Report: California Privacy Protection Agency Releases Draft CPRA Regulations

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California Privacy Protection Agency Releases Draft CPRA Regulations - The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) just released proposed California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) regulations. The regulations expand...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

CPRA Update: How to Prepare for Privacy Compliance as an Employer

Last year’s voter guide to California Proposition 24, the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), included a stark argument against enacting the privacy ballot initiative because it did not go far enough to protect employee...more

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Don’t be Fooled By The CPRA Effective Date, Employers Have Current Obligations Under The CCPA

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The passage of Prop 24, the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (“CPRA”), has caused a bit of confusion among businesses in California. The confusion stems from the fact that the CPRA has an effective date of January 1,...more

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California Passes New CPRA Privacy Regulation

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On November 3, 2020, the state of California voted to pass Proposition 24, also known as The California Privacy Rights and Enforcement Act of 2020 (“CPRA”). As a result of this vote, businesses dealing with personal...more

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“Hedging Their Bets” – California Passes One-Year Extension On CCPA Employee Data Exemption

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Governor Newsom just signed legislation that will extend the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) exemption for employee, job applicant, and independent contractor data for an additional year – until January 1, 2022....more

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California Assembly Passes CCPA Amendment: Employee Personal Information Exemption Extension

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The California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) has only been in effect since January, but amendments are already on the horizon. Personal information in the employment context was highly contested during the CCPA’s amendment...more

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Do job applicants need to be given a privacy notice?

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Yes. The CCPA applies to personal information held about “consumers” - a term which is defined as referring to any resident of California....more

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How can a business distribute an employee privacy notice to job applicants?

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Beginning in 2020, the CCPA required that businesses subject to the Act provide job applicants with a privacy notice that identified (1) the type of personal information collected about California employees and (2) the...more

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California Senate Proposes Bill to Extend Certain CCPA Exemptions

At present, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) has “temporary” (and limited) exemptions for the application of portions of the CCPA to personal data collected in the course of business-to-business transactions...more

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California AG Revises Proposed CCPA Regulations

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On February 10, 2020, the Attorney General issued revisions to the proposed regulations to the California Consumer Privacy Act (the CCPA) which were originally published in October of last year. While the Attorney General...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

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

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

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CCPA Is Here, And It Does Have Requirements For Employees, Applicants, etc.

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Some business leaders and HR professionals may be waking up this morning not realizing they must provide a “Notice at Collection” to some or all of their employees and applicants under the new California Consumer Privacy Act...more

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The 12 Days of California Labor & Employment Series – Day 12: Employee and Job Applicant Information is Exempt from CCPA...

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It's the end of the year and while everyone is busy, employers in California should be aware of new laws and regulations that go into effect on January 1, 2020. In the spirit of the season, we are using the "12 days of the...more

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