As the January 1, 2020, effective date for the
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) draws closer, California
lawmakers are still attempting to refine the law. In the latest
proposed amendment, Assembly Bill 25, employees and job
applicants are specifically excluded from the definition of
"consumer" under the CCPA. The proposed amendment states
the following:
"Consumer" does not include a natural person whose
personal information has been collected by a business in the course
of a person acting as a job applicant to, an employee of, a
contractor of, or an agent on behalf of, the business, to the
extent the person's personal information is collected and used
solely within the context of the person's role as a job
applicant to, an employee of, a contractor of, or an agent on
behalf of, the business.
