CALIFORNIA PRIVACY AGENCY SEEKS COMMENT ON NEW CPRA REGULATIONS

The new California Privacy Protection Agency announced it is seeking input for developing regulations to implement Proposition 24, the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (“CPRA” a/k/a “CCPA 2.0”). See our ALERT dated Nov. 4, 2020. The Privacy Protection Agency is the enforcement agency created by the CPRA to enforce California privacy laws. Previous regulations were issued in March of 2021 by the California Attorney General under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018. See our ALERTS dated March 16, 2021, Oct. 14, 2020 and Dec. 11, 2020. The CPRA and its regulations comprise a general privacy law that applies to businesses generally in addition to the requirements of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act applicable to financial institutions. Read More