California Consumer Privacy Act Update: Regulatory Update

With the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 ("CCPA") set to take effect on January 1, 2020, California's Attorney General Xavier Becerra released yesterday the much-anticipated draft regulations operationalizing the CCPA.¹ The CCPA (encoded in California Civil Code Sections 1798.100 to 1798.198), aims to give California consumers increased transparency and control over how companies use and share their personal information, and requires most businesses collecting information about California consumers to:

• disclose data collection, use, and sharing practices to consumers;
• delete consumer data upon request by the consumer;
• permit consumers to opt out of the sale or sharing of their personal information; and