On October 10, 2019, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra issued proposed regulations implementing and interpreting the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The draft regulations address privacy policies, consumer notices, practices for handling consumer requests, ways to verify consumer requests, requirements regarding minors, and rules governing nondiscrimination practices. The regulations are currently in draft form, with a public comment period set to close on December 6, 2019. For a more in-depth discussion of the regulations, their…

Another potentially groundbreaking California ballot initiative has been announced, just as companies began to digest and incorporate the amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) into their compliance plans and learned the draft CCPA regulations will be issued by the California Attorney General in October. Last week, the primary advocate for and co-architect of the CCPA announced a new privacy initiative for California’s November 2020 ballot – the California Privacy Rights and Enforcement Act …

Late last week, the California legislature approved five bills intended to clarify the scope and required compliance obligations of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA or the Act). Organizations now have just over three months to determine whether they need to comply with the newly amended CCPA, assess what their obligations are, and implement the policies, procedures, and operational changes necessary to comply with the law. Five amendments passed: AB 25, AB 874,…

Robocalls: everyone receives one or two, but more likely dozens.  While some are helpful, most are annoying, and the worst can result in financial fraud.  While the FCC and Congress have been taking steps toward addressing the issue, state attorneys general (AGs) have taken the first major action to end unwanted robocalls.  On August 22, AGs from all 50 states plus the District of Columbia, together with 12 large telecom companies, announced a new framework to…

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce (the “Chamber”) recently hosted a data privacy summit, “#DataDoneRight”, which brought together a group of industry professionals, government stakeholders, and privacy thought leaders to talk about data privacy. The Chamber, which has proposed federal privacy legislation, engaged a wide variety of speakers, covering multiple viewpoints, to demonstrate the need for a comprehensive and fair federal privacy law: Alastair Mactaggart, the primary architect of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA),…