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During its June 8, 2022 board meeting, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) voted to initiate the formal California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) rulemaking process.  The draft rules are expected to be very similar to those previously published in advance of the Board meeting, although Deputy Attorney General Lisa Kim noted during the meeting that minor errors may be updated prior to the formal submission of the draft rules.  The current draft rules and Initial Statement of Reasons (ISOR) continue to be accessible on the CPPA website.…

Continue Reading California Privacy Protection Agency Votes To Initiate Formal Rulemaking Process

The California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”) held two informational hearings on March 29, 2022 and March 30, 2022, in anticipation of its upcoming rulemaking later this year.  While the CPPA Board was present throughout the hearings, its members did not present any views as part of the program.  The speakers covered the following topics of note:…
Continue Reading California Privacy Protection Agency Holds Informational Hearings

Last week, a federal district court in San Francisco dismissed a claim under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”).  The plaintiff alleged that Google had collected personal information without complying with the CCPA’s notice and consent requirements.  The court held that the CCPA’s private right of action does not extend to these provisions of the law.  It appears that this is the first time a court expressly reached this conclusion.  The case is McCoy v. Alphabet, No. 20‑cv‑05427 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 2, 2021).

For context, the plaintiff alleged that Google used an internal program called “Android Lockbox” on its Android operating system to monitor and collect data from Android users as they used non-Google apps on their phones.  The alleged data collection included when and how often these third-party apps were used and the amount of time users spent on the third-party apps.  Based on these allegations, the plaintiff asserted eleven different claims.  Among these was a claim that Google violated the CCPA by failing to comply with the law’s requirements related to notice and consent.
Continue Reading Court Dismisses CCPA Claim Against Google

Yesterday, the California Attorney General (“AG”) proposed a fourth set of modifications to the California Consumer Privacy Act regulations. These modifications build on the third set of proposed regulations released by the AG in October, which we discussed here. Interested parties have until December 28 to submit comments in response.
Continue Reading California Attorney General Releases Fourth Set of Proposed Modifications to California Consumer Privacy Act Regulations

On Monday, the California Attorney General (“AG”) proposed a third set of modifications to the recently enacted California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) regulations.  Interested parties have until October 28 to file comments in response.

These proposed modifications are the latest effort in an extensive rulemaking process that has lasted more than a year.  Most recently, on August 14, the California Office of Administrative Law (“OAL”) formally approved the AG’s initial set of CCPA regulations, which went into effect immediately.  In approving the regulations, the OAL deleted five provisions that had been included in the version the AG submitted in June, but indicated that the AG could revise and resubmit those subsections for approval in the future.  The latest modifications are largely focused on reviving several of these last-minute removals. …
Continue Reading California Attorney General Releases New Proposed Modifications to California Consumer Privacy Act Regulations

On September 22, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) hosted “Data to Go,” a virtual workshop on data portability. The workshop convened experts from civil society, academia, and industry to discuss the potential risks as well as consumer and competition benefits of data portability, as well as issues and best practices related to its implementation in legislative and industry-led initiatives. The discussions emphasized five key themes regarding data portability efforts in the U.S. and globally.
Continue Reading Five Key Themes from the FTC’s Data Portability Workshop

On September 1, the California legislature passed AB 713, a bill that creates a new healthcare-related exemption under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”).  All provisions of the bill will take effect immediately to prevent the CCPA from “negatively impact[ing] certain health-related information and research,” except for the required contractual provisions described below.

Under the new exemption, information is not subject to the CCPA’s obligations if it meets both of the following requirements:…
Continue Reading California Legislature Adopts CCPA Exemption for Information Deidentified in Accordance with the HIPAA Privacy Rule

The California legislature has approved a contingency plan to ensure that certain California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) exemptions will be extended beyond December 2020.  Regardless of what happens with the November ballot initiative, businesses will have at least another year before they must comply with all of the CCPA’s provisions when collecting or using certain…