California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Data Privacy, Employee Privacy Rights

Investigative Sweep of Employers’ CCPA Compliance by the California Attorney General

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 8/4/2023

The California Attorney General recently announced an initiative to investigate employers’ non-compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act/California Privacy Rights Act (collectively the CCPA)....more

What Does the California Attorney General’s New Investigative CCPA Sweep Mean for California Employers?

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 7/31/2023

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 sent inquiry letters to the large California...more

Employers Beware–Attorney General Announces Sweep Targeting Employee Data

Payne & Fears on 7/25/2023

Attorney General’s Sweep - On July 14, 2023, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced an “investigative sweep” focused on the employee data of certain, unnamed large employers in the state....more

Employee Data Increasingly in the Crosshairs of Data Privacy Enforcement

Latham & Watkins LLP on 7/20/2023

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

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

Fisher Phillips on 7/20/2023

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

California Attorney General Launches CCPA Investigative Sweep for Employers

Alston & Bird on 7/19/2023

On July 14, 2023, California Attorney General Rob Bonta launched investigations into large California employers regarding their compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”) as it relates to their...more

California Attorney General Announces Investigative Sweep Focused on Employment-Related Data

Cooley LLP on 7/19/2023

On July 14, 2023, the office of the California attorney general announced an investigative sweep of “large California employers” to request “information on the companies’ compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act...more

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

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 7/14/2023

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

Finalization of Regulations Clears the Path for Employers to Complete California Privacy Rights Act Compliance Efforts Before June...

Littler on 6/15/2023

After months of uncertainty, the rulemaking process for the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), the first-ever comprehensive U.S. data privacy law applicable to human resources data (“HR Data”), concluded on March 29,...more

5 Key Takeaways - Privacy Programs and the California Consumer Protection Act - Employee and B2B Data

Kilpatrick on 3/15/2023

Kilpatrick Townsend Partner Amanda Witt (Co-Chair of the firm’s Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Governance Practice and the firm’s Technology, Privacy & Cybersecurity Team) and Associate Zain Haq recently participated in a...more

Processing employees' Data Access Requests ("DARs") under the CCPA

Greenberg Glusker LLP on 2/24/2023

Brief Background - On January 1, 2023, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 ("CCPA") became applicable to the personal information of employees, job applicants, subcontractors, contractors, and others in work roles...more

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

BCLP on 2/2/2023

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

California Employers Face Privacy Law Requirements

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 10/25/2022

Following the failure of a measure that would have delayed effectiveness of the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), employers in California now must comply with the state’s privacy law beginning January 1, 2023....more

California Consumer Privacy Act: Employee and B2B Exemptions Expire January 1, 2023

Morgan Lewis on 10/17/2022

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) exemptions for employee and business-to-business (B2B) personal information have not been extended, further complicating the privacy regulatory landscape for businesses in...more

[Webinar] Top Tips for California Employers to Prepare for the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) Effective January 1, 2023 -...

CDF Labor Law LLP on 10/11/2022

Following the passage of the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), for the past two years, employers have been partially exempt from many of the California Consumer Privacy Act's (CCPA) mandates pertaining to applicants,...more

Employee Data Under the CCPA: Expiration of Employer Exemptions Requires Compliance as of January 1, 2023

Farella Braun + Martel LLP on 10/5/2022

Since the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) was passed in 2018, employers have been watching carefully to see how the law will apply to data collected and maintained about their employees. Up until now, employment data...more

Businesses With California Employees May Face New Data Privacy and Security Requirements

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 9/16/2022

In a few months, certain businesses with California-based employees may face new data privacy requirements as an exemption to the Golden State’s comprehensive privacy and security statute sunsets. In recent years,...more

CPRA Brings Big Changes to Perceived Big Brother Employers

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 9/14/2022

Seyfarth Synopsis: Employers need to be aware and prepare for significant changes to options and rights afforded to employees with respect to their private data and information coming with the California Privacy Rights Act’s...more

Reminder: California Employee Personal Data In-Scope of California Data Protection Law Effective Jan. 1, 2023

Benesch on 9/9/2022

The Employee Data Exemptions that existed in the original CCPA will no longer be effective in 2023 as the scope of the data protection law expands under the CPRA. In November 2020, California residents voted to adopt the...more

CPRA Countdown: What employers need to know about the CPRA's potential impact on litigation - This is the eighth installment in...

Hogan Lovells on 9/8/2022

To date, employee data has been largely exempt from the requirements of the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA). However, effective January 1, 2023, the Consumer Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), will remove the...more

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