California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), B2B Transactions, Amended Legislation

California Extends Employee and B2B Exemptions under the CCPA

BCLP on 10/13/2020

Governor Gavin Newson signed into law AB 1281 on September 29, 2020. The bill amends Section 1798.145 of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), but it only becomes operational if voters do not approve a ballot initiative...more

California Privacy Update: California Legislature Extends CCPA Employee and B2B Exemptions and Passes Laws Regulating Health and...

WilmerHale on 9/3/2020

In a flurry of legislative activity, the California legislature passed a number of last-minute privacy bills that now await the signature of Governor Gavin Newsom in order to go into effect. As was expected, the California...more

CCPA QOTD: What are the employee/applicant and “business to business” exemptions?

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 12/20/2019

Because the term “consumer” is so broad in the CCPA (remember: it’s any California resident), it would have applied to employee and job applicant data and all business contact information across the board. After much...more

New CCPA amendments bring clarity prior to the January 1, 2020 deadline

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 11/18/2019

In the run-up to January 1, 2020, the California legislature and Attorney General are rushing to provide clarity to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) - and businesses are rushing to interpret and implement...more

Countdown to CCPA #4: Governor Signs CCPA Amendment to Add Additional Exemptions

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 10/15/2019

Information collected in employment or business-to-business contexts is exempt for one year. For the first year it is in effect, the CCPA will not apply to personal information collected about employees or in B2B...more

CCPA Final Amendments: Where the Act Will Stand

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 9/30/2019

With the close of the California legislative session on September 13, 2019, the final amendments to the California Consumer Protection Act ("CCPA") have been submitted to California Governor Gavin Newsom for his signature....more

CCPA Amendments Provide Important Clarification

Perkins Coie on 9/23/2019

While privacy laws are proliferating globally, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is California’s comprehensive and landmark legislation that seeks to give California consumers expanded rights to learn about and...more

2019 CCPA Amendment Process Comes to a Close

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 9/23/2019

Interested parties and privacy professionals have all been anxiously awaiting how legislative activity would shake out before the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) is implemented January 1, 2020. Now that the dust has...more

CCPA Update: Changes, Clarifications, but no Major Overhaul Heading to Governor’s Desk

McDermott Will & Emery on 9/20/2019

The California Legislature passed several bills amending the forthcoming California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Although the amendments contain some significant changes, outlined here, the most important and groundbreaking...more

CCPA Legislative Round-Up: Winners and Losers

Proskauer on Privacy on 9/19/2019

Businesses and California consumers are one step closer to understanding what their respective obligations and rights are under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (the “CCPA”). The CCPA is California’s landmark...more

CCPA Amendments Update

Womble Bond Dickinson on 9/19/2019

Don’t wait to implement your California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) compliance as it could require changes to your operations. As a reminder, the CCPA takes effect January 1, 2020 and can apply to businesses even if they do...more

Breathing Room? California Legislature Passes Two Major Amendments to California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 9/18/2019

Businesses may receive a bit of breathing room as a result of two amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) passed on Friday, September 13, 2019, by the California Legislature. The Legislature gave businesses...more

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