On February 10, 2020, California's Office of the Attorney
General proposed a modified version of the California Consumer
Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations first published on October 11,
2019. The initial proposed regulations were summarized in our
previous Alert. The deadline
for providing comments on the modified proposed regulations is
February 25, 2020.
The proposed changes to the definitions, notices, and privacy
policies in the modified regulations are summarized below.
Section 999.301 – Definitions
- The definition of "categories of
sources" now requires businesses to provide descriptions of
the sources with enough "particularity to provide consumers
with a meaningful understanding of the type of person or
entity." The same particularity requirement applies to
categories of third parties.
- CCPA Example:
Categories may include advertising networks, internet service
providers, data analytics providers, government entities, operating
systems and platforms,
