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• Employee Data Under the CCPA: Expiration of Employer Exemptions Requires Compliance as of January 1, 2023 Since the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) was passed in 2018, employers have been watching carefully to see how the law will apply to data collected and maintained about their employees. Up until now, employment data had been exempted from most of the CCPA’s requirements. But the new amendments to the CCPA embodied in the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”) come into effect on January 1, 2023, and that, coupled with the fact that the legislature failed to extend the... More
• What Steps Should Employers Take Now Regarding the CCPA? California employers collectively breathed a sigh of relief when the state legislature delayed most of the California Consumer Privacy Act’s (CCPA) application to them until 2021. However, there’s not much time to relax: two significant CCPA provisions took effect in 2020, and the legislature is expected to pass an employer-specific data privacy law this year. To ensure compliance with the provisions taking effect this year, and prepare for what may be coming next year, covered employers should consider taking the following... More