California Consumer Privacy Act Set To Become Effective

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is scheduled to go into effect on January 1, 2020.  The CCPA was signed into law in June 2018 and stands to be the strictest data privacy law in the US.  It establishes significant obligations on businesses relating to the personal information of consumers.

The CCPA is notable in that it grants California residents:

• the right to be informed of the categories of personal information that a business collects, receives, sells or discloses about them; the purposes for these activities; and the third parties to which their personal information is disclosed.

• the right to request more detailed information about the personal information businesses hold about them, and the right to obtain portable copies of their personal information from the businesses.