One of the amendments we've been watching over the past
months is one that impacts rights of employees —both the
company's and other company's employees. Under AB25, which passed the
California Senate and is now awaiting governor signature, companies
will be (for a year) exempted from providing current and former
employees, job applicants, and contractors with the full suite of
CCPA rights. Starting January 2020, however, these individuals must
be provided with notice of information use. Access and deletion
rights will not go into effect until January 2021.
A related bill, AB 1355, also recently passed
the California Senate, and impacts individuals who are "acting
as an employee, owner, director, officer, or contractor" of
another company, if the communications with that person
"occurs solely within the context of the business." Under
this bill, the majority of the rights contemplated under CCPA would
not apply to these individuals until January 2021.
