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California AG seeks to strengthen the California Consumer Privacy Act

State Issues Privacy/Cyber Risk & Data Security State Legislation State Attorney General CCPA

State Issues

On February 25, the California Attorney General announced a legislative proposal that would amend several aspects of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The CCPA was originally enacted in June 2018 (covered by a Buckley Special Alert) and subsequently amended in September 2018 (covered by InfoBytes here). The CCPA, which carries an effective date of January 1, 2020, on most provisions, sets forth various requirements for businesses that collect, transfer, or sell a consumer’s personal information. Under SB 561, which was introduced on February 22, the law would be amended to (i) expand the right of California citizens to bring private legal actions, removing aspects of the law that provided exclusivity to the AG; (ii) remove provisions that would allow companies to request guidance from the California AG on how to comply with the law, instead allowing the AG to publish general guidance; and (iii) would allow enforcement actions to be brought immediately, removing the 30-day cure window.