California Privacy Protection Agency

The California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA” or “Agency”) hosted its first public meeting yesterday following publication of the first draft of proposed regulations (“Regs”) (on May 27) and the initial statement of reasons (“ISOR”) on June 3. Immediately below, we summarize highlights of the meeting held by the CPPA, including taking a further step towards

The California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”) will host its next public meeting on Thursday, May 26, 2022 at 11AM PT. Members of the public may attend in person or virtually by following these instructions. CPPA Director Ashkan Soltani will provide an update on the CPPA’s hiring, budget, and rulemaking activities.  Importantly, subcommittees will provide

As part of its continued preliminary rulemaking activities, the California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”) will be holding stakeholder sessions Wednesday, May 4 through Friday, May 6 to provide an opportunity for stakeholders to weigh in on topics relevant to upcoming rulemaking. The Agenda for each of the sessions, which are slated to last an entire day, is available here.
Continue Reading California Privacy Regulator to Hold Stakeholder Sessions First Week of May

Privacy regulators in California and Colorado recently made announcements regarding rulemaking for their respective state privacy laws. Last week, the California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”) announced that it will hold its next public meeting this Thursday, February 17, during which it will discuss updates on the rulemaking process, including a timeline. On January 28, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser publicly announced the intent of the Colorado Office of the Attorney General (“COAG”) to carry out rulemaking activities to implement the Colorado Privacy Act (“CPA”), providing an indication of focus areas and a rough timeline. We discuss each of these developments in further detail below.
Continue Reading California and Colorado Privacy Regulators Provide Updates on Rulemaking

The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) Board, created by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), has been busy of late. As we recently reported, the CCPA has hired renowned privacy technologist Ashkan Soltani as its new Executive Director to lead the agency. Meanwhile, the agency’s committees have been hard at work. The Regulations Subcommittee has proposed its framework for its rulemaking process. Notably, the subcommittee recommends an immediate start to pre-rulemaking activities such as issuing an invitation for comments, the creation of additional subcommittees, and the identification of informational hearing topics. A pre-rulemaking process gives the agency flexibility to hear from stakeholders outside of the formal and constrained process that will begin once the regulatory process officially commences. The framework also notes that the notice of proposed rulemaking, initial statement of reasons (ISOR), and text of the regulations should be published in winter 2021-2022, with public hearings taking place thereafter. This suggests that stakeholders have a short window of opportunity to take advantage of the pre-regulatory educational period. It will be interesting to see if the agency conducts the kind of “listening tour” the Office of Attorney General (OAG) went on across the Golden State by means of town halls prior to its California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) rulemaking process, or elects to spend its time in more intimate and concerted explorations.
Continue Reading California Privacy Agency Moves Forward With Rulemaking Process