Industry Seeks More CCPA Clarity as California Lawmakers Go Home
California lawmakers made some improvements to a privacy law, but “many clarifications are still necessary before it will work,” said TechNet California Executive Director Courtney Jensen Friday. The legislative deadline to amend the California Consumer Privacy Act passed last week…
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(see 1909120053). A California attorney general rulemaking is pending. “While we hope the rulemaking process will allow for additional improvements, the importance of federal action to avoid a patchwork of privacy laws has never been clearer, and we urge Congress to act,” Jensen said. With many less-controversial bills headed to the governor, consumer privacy groups breathed a sigh of relief that several state bills they opposed failed to clear the legislature. “Industry tried and failed this session to weaken or eliminate the key protections of the CCPA … but the fight is not over,” said American Civil Liberties Union-Northern California Legislative Director Kevin Baker with Consumer Reports, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and other privacy groups.