California Governor Signs CCPA Amendments; Attorney General Releases Regulations

Last week, businesses and privacy professionals saw two major steps taken in preparation for the long-awaited California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), which goes into effect January 1, 2020. California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the pending amendments to the CCPA into law, while California Attorney General Xavier Becerra released the initial draft of the CCPA’s accompanying regulations. Together, the Amendments and Regulations provide additional clarification, limited exemptions for employee information, and guidance to CCPA compliance.

Dykema’s Privacy and Data Security Team has closely monitored and written about all developments related to the CCPA on its blog, The Firewall. To learn more about the amendments signed into law, click here to read our Sept. 17 post. To learn more about the released regulations, click here to reach our Oct. 11 post.

For more information regarding the CCPA, please contact Cinthia G. Motley (cmotley@dykema.com), Ashley R. Fickel (afickel@dykema.com) (Los Angeles), Ashley S.A. Jackson (ajackson@dykema.com), or your Dykema relationship attorney.