- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By 
Adrianne Appel2023-04-10T21:31:00
California issued its first batch of final rules to implement the sweeping California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), with the remainder of the rules expected to be released within months, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) said.
The landmark CPRA, considered the toughest consumer privacy law in the nation, was approved by ballot initiative in 2020 as an amendment that overhauls the 2018 California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).
The CPRA gives California consumers and employees more rights to safeguard their personal data from businesses that may want to collect, store, share, or sell the data. The rules offer extra protection to consumers when their sensitive information, such as Social Security numbers and geolocation data, is involved.
THIS IS MEMBERS-ONLY CONTENT. To continue reading, choose one of the options below.
News and analysis for the well-informed compliance or audit exec. Select an option and click continue.
Annual Membership $499 Value offer
Full price one year membership with auto-renewal.
Membership $599
One-year only, no auto-renewal.
Many businesses are breathing a sigh of relief following a court ruling that delayed enforcement of certain provisions of the California Privacy Rights Act, but companies should not rest on their laurels, according to experts.
Changes to the California Consumer Privacy Act expected to take effect July 1 have been stayed until March 2024 following a ruling from the Sacramento County Superior Court.
Indiana became the latest in a growing number of U.S. states with a comprehensive consumer data privacy law on the books.
The European Union’s Digital Markets Act is forcing many Big Tech companies to postpone the launch of artificial intelligence-powered features, like Apple Intelligence, over user privacy and data security concerns.
Location-based dating apps are not doing enough to protect user privacy, with exact location and other personal data being exploited by stalkers and bad actors, a recent analysis found.
Michael Macko, deputy director of enforcement at the California Privacy Protection Agency, described priorities for the agency now and in the near future during a recent board meeting.
