California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Job Applicants, Personally Identifiable Information

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 AG Revises Proposed CCPA Regulations

Fisher Phillips on 2/21/2020

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

CCPA Amendment Details to Consider

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 11/8/2019

In delving deeply into the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the Amendments recently signed by the California Governor, and the proposed Regulations issued by the California Attorney General, there are some details that...more

How Two New CCPA Amendments Impact Business Compliance Obligations

Mitratech Holdings, Inc on 11/7/2019

In June 2018, California broke new ground when it was the first state in the nation to enact a comprehensive data privacy law. The new law, called the California Consumer Privacy Act, gives Californians significant new...more

Deadline Looms for Employers to Provide CCPA Notices

Troutman Pepper on 10/29/2019

As we have reported previously, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) will take effect on January 1, 2020. On or before that date, businesses that employ California residents, retain California residents as independent...more

What Employers Should Know About the California Consumer Privacy Act Taking Effect January 1, 2020

Farella Braun + Martel LLP on 10/3/2019

On January 1, 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), a consumer-friendly privacy law inspired by the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, is set to take effect. The CCPA is aimed towards bolstering...more

Employees Will Be Exempted from Most Requirements of the Amended California Consumer Privacy Act … For Now

Proskauer - California Employment Law on 9/24/2019

In an effort to give consumers more control over the data businesses collect from and about them, the California legislature passed the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in 2018 (and amended it a few months later). The...more

California CCPA Amendment Update: Here’s What Passed

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 9/20/2019

The California legislature passed six amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) that are on their way to Governor Gavin Newsom’s desk. The Governor has until October 13, 2019, to act on the amendments. ...more

What To Do About Employees Under CCPA: An Update

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 9/19/2019

One of the amendments we’ve been watching over the past months is one that impacts rights of employees -both the company’s and other company’s employees. Under AB25, which passed the California Senate and is now awaiting...more

Employers May Catch Temporary Break On Impending California Privacy Law

Fisher Phillips on 7/16/2019

Thanks to recent negotiations among state lawmakers, it appears that California employers may get a temporary reprieve on some of the more sweeping data privacy requirements that were set to take effect in just a few short...more

CCPA Update: Employee Exemption Bill Amended in Senate Committee

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 7/3/2019

California legislators are tweaking language in a proposal to exclude employee or job applicant data from the State’s landmark privacy law slated to take effect in January. The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) grants...more

California Assembly Approves Amendments to Exclude Employees from CCPA, Protect Loyalty Programs

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 5/31/2019

On Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, the California Assembly voted to approve four bills to amend the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The legislation now moves to the California Senate....more

Another California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 Amendment—Employees and/or Job Applicants Are Not Consumers

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 4/15/2019

A few weeks ago, I pondered whether the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) is still a bit of a work in progress with the introduction of a proposed amendment. Recently, another amendment was proposed by Assembly...more

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