The rush for California to get all of the "rules of the
road" ready for next year has seemed to cause a bit of
confusion with California's privacy law. Draft regulations were
published the same day the Governor signed into law a series of
amendments to the underlying law. It is all a bit confusing,
However, now that the Governor has signed the last raft of
amendments, and the dust has somewhat settled, the question on
everyone's mind is: What changed in the California Consumer
Protection Act ("CCPA")? How does this effect the draft
regulations that the Attorney General published?
Fortunately, there are a number of significant changes which
help clarify the CCPA, as well as materially change the scope of
the CCPA – even if the AG didn't include some of these
changes into the initial draft regulations announced earlier this
month. The most impactful changes across industries are as
follows:
