The CCPA of 2018 Compliance Information and Resources

What is the CCPA?

The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 and the CCPA regulations enacted thereunder (collectively, the "CCPA"), which went into effect on January 1, 2020, is a California privacy law that extends new data privacy rights to California "consumers" (California residents) and requires businesses, among other things, to provide consumers with certain information about the business privacy practises and the rights given to consumers with respect to their personal information. These consumer rights include the "right to know" which information is processed by such businesses, the right to delete personal information collected by a business, the right to be treated fairly when exercising these rights, and, most importantly, the right to opt out of a "sale" of personal information. However, not all business disclosures of personal information are considered a "sale," for example, transfers to "service providers" are not typically considered a "sale."

Who does the CCPA affect?

The CCPA applies to organisations that have annual gross revenues in excess of $25,000; or that annually buy, receive, sell, or shares for commercial purposes, alone or in combination, the personal information of 50,000 or more consumers, households, or devices; or that derive 50% or more of their annual revenues from "selling" (as defined in the CCPA) consumers' personal information.

Personal information, as defined by the CCPA, is any information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a specific consumer or household, including information pertaining to a specific device (namely IoT enabled devices), provided it could be used to identify a specific consumer.

How do you ensure full compliance with the CCPA?

• We have enabled the following new functionality:
• We have updated our Contact Form so that our clients can now implement simple methods for their website visitors to submit CCPA consumer requests.