The California Consumer Privacy Act – Be Prepared

DOES IT APPLY TO YOU? Do you do business in California, or otherwise collect personal information from California residents? (Hint, if you operate a website, this likely applies to you). Note that the CCPA does not apply to non-profits. It has been a year since California passed the most comprehensive data privacy laws in the U.S., and those laws go into effect in January of 2020. Is your business ready for this??? Many have been waiting for amendments to pass, but as this hasn’t happened yet (and may not for many months) the time has come to make sure your business is in compliance. Even if it applies to you, the CCPA has some important exceptions, designed to keep small businesses exempt from what can be pretty significant compliance requirements. CCPA only applies to businesses that fall into one of these three categories: 1. Buys, sells or shares personal information of 50,000 consumers [or devices]; or 2. Has gross revenue in excess of $25 million; or 3. Derives 50{a0c01d20c42349884e67ff80c137866b0a9fe47aaae8f8a86a605a369ae487c3} of its annual revenue from sharing personal information Under the law a California “consumer” has the right to: (1) request access and details about the personal information that has been collected about him or her over the last year; (2) request that this data…