The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 becomes effective in
77 days (January 1, 2020), and offers California residents several
new privacy rights through obligations placed on covered
businesses. For a more in-depth look at the CCPA, see our previous
client alerts summarizing the statute (
here), amendments from October 2018 (
here), additional proposed amendments (
here), and the Attorney General's regulations posted last
week (
here).
Over the last several months, and prior to the release of the
regulations, the California legislature worked on several
additional amendments to the law that at long last have been signed
by Governor Gavin Newsom—less than three months before CCPA
takes effect. Like the regulations, these amendments respond to
concerns raised after the passage of the CCPA. The signed
amendments do not critically change the original core requirements
of the CCPA, but may offer some clarification and even reprieve in
certain areas for many of our
