Labor groups concerned about employee privacy have succeeded in
slowing the effort to pass legislation exempting employer-held
information from the California Consumer Privacy Act
("CCPA"). Thanks to their intervention, the proposed
legislation – AB 25 – has been revised to provide that
the CCPA will apply to personal information of employees
and other personnel, but – with two key exceptions –
not until January 1, 2021.
AB 25 as it stands now
In the form passed by the California State Assembly, AB 25 would
have completely exempted from the CCPA personal information of
employees, job applicants, contractors and agents collected and
used in the context of HR administration. However, the bill was
modified in the Senate Judiciary Committee to address the labor
groups' concerns. In its current form, AB 25 would exempt for
one year – until January 1, 2021 – most CCPA
requirements relating to personal information of:
