California Attorney General Announces New CCPA Changes

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra first announced changes to the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA"), effective March 15, 2021. In August 2020, the Office of Administrative Law ("OAL") approved the California Department of Justice's final CCPA regulations. The March 15, 2021 CCPA changes attempt to strengthen and clarify the language set forth in the finalized CCPA regulations.

What is included in the new CCPA changes?

The Passing of the CCPA

The CCPA was hastily written into law on June 28, 2018, to prevent a citizen ballot initiative from going into effect that would have prevented the State Legislature from amending or repealing the proposition without voter input. The law went into effect on January 1, 2020, and required that the California State Attorney General adopt regulations on or before the CCPA's enforcement date of July 1, 2020. Since enactment, CCPA regulations have gone through four modifications and the CCPA itself has