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California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is California’s comprehensive privacy law and one of the most influential privacy frameworks in the United States. Explore CCPA requirements, CPRA amendments, CalPrivacy regulations and enforcement, consumer rights, sensitive personal information, sale and sharing, opt-out signals, ADMT, risk assessments, cybersecurity audits, data brokers, service providers, and other developments contributing to the broader “California Effect” on U.S. privacy.

2020 State Privacy Roundup: Incremental Change, Major Momentum for California

The COVID-19 pandemic slowed state privacy legislation in 2020, but California transformed the U.S. privacy landscape with the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). This overview summarizes the year's key enactments, including California, Michigan, and Virginia privacy laws.

Privacy on the California 2020 Ballot: Will CPRA prevail on November 3?

California voters faced a pivotal privacy decision in 2020. This article examines the proposed California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), its sweeping amendments to the CCPA, the creation of the California Privacy Protection Agency, and what Proposition 24 meant for the future of U.S. privacy law.

WHAT IS “PERSONAL INFORMATION” UNDER CCPA?

Learn how the CCPA defines personal information through its four statutory building blocks, including identifiers, inferences, household data, IP addresses, anonymous data, and key compliance considerations for businesses.

Survey: half of companies won’t be ready for CCPA

Explore early CCPA readiness through a PwC executive survey examining business preparedness, compliance gaps, enforcement risks, and the operational challenges organizations faced before California's privacy law took effect.

Do we need the CCPA whistle-blower provision back?

Should California have included whistleblower protections in the CCPA? This article explores the provision removed during legislative negotiations, compares it with HIPAA and the GDPR, and argues that protecting privacy professionals is essential to meaningful compliance.

Can Laboratories of Democracy Innovate the Way to Privacy Protection?

Written months before California voters qualified the initiative that became the CCPA, Joanne McNabb's prescient essay anticipated the debates that would reshape U.S. privacy law. Today, it offers a remarkable window into the thinking that helped launch the modern privacy movement.