The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), a broad-based law protecting information that identifies California residents, was passed in June 2018 and will take effect in 2020. Dubbed “GDPR Lite,” to denote its similarities to the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), it is expected to be a game-changer for U.S.-based companies that process sensitive data.
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The Next Big Thing in California — The CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act)
By Nancy Yaffe on
Posted in Advice & Counseling
I attended a seminar at my firm last week that set forth the next big thing in California — the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). It is California’s version of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
If you haven’t heard of it (or focused on it), the CCPA is a broad-based law protecting…