The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) seeks comments by Aug. 18 at 5 p.m. PT on revised draft rules for implementing a data-deletion mechanism under the California Delete Act, the agency said in a notice Thursday.
The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) announced a $55,400 fine Tuesday against Accurate Append for failing to register as a data broker and pay the annual fee required by the state’s Delete Act (see 2507290031). The CPPA's latest fine signals the agency's crackdown on data brokers, said Troutman Amin law clerk Tammana Malik in a blog post. However, a study last month on California data brokers argues they largely ignore regulation.
The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA fined Washington-based Accurate Append $55,400 for failing to register as a data broker and pay the annual fee required by the state’s Delete Act. The company failed to register by the Jan. 31, 2024 deadline for its 2023 activities, and only registered after the Enforcement Division contacted Accurate Append, the CPPA alleged.
Filtering web gateways can help meet data-security obligations under the General Data Protection Regulation, but as they're based on data processing, they must also ensure data protection, French privacy watchdog CNIL said Monday in a guidance.
Businesses should start thinking now about complying with new data-protection regulations approved Thursday by the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA), privacy attorneys said immediately afterward in blogs and LinkedIn posts. While consumer privacy advocates slammed the rules as weak, one acknowledged they still give California a lead over other U.S. states.
The California Privacy Protection Agency will soon take 15 days of comments on revised draft rules for implementing a data-deletion mechanism under the California Delete Act, the five-person CPPA board decided unanimously during a partially virtual meeting Thursday. The agency expects to extensively test the system to work out any kinks before data brokers start accessing it in August 2026, said General Counsel Philip Laird.
The California Privacy Protection Agency approved rules on automated decision-making technology (ADMT) and other subjects at a partially virtual meeting Thursday. CPPA Board members voted 5-0 to clear the rulemaking package, which also covers risk assessments, cybersecurity audits, insurance and updates to California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations.
The California Privacy Protection Agency approved rules on automated decision-making technology and other subjects at a partially virtual meeting Thursday. CPPA Board members voted 5-0 to clear the rulemaking package, which also covers risk assessments, cybersecurity audits, insurance and updates to California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations.
A consumer advocacy group that sponsored the California Delete Act offered a mostly positive assessment of the California Privacy Protection Agency’s latest draft of rules for implementing a data deletion mechanism. Concerns linger that data brokers may try to shirk the requirements, said Emory Roane, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse associate director of policy, in an email to Privacy Daily. However, the CPPA’s new draft answers key questions about ensuring the Delete Request and Opt-Out Platform (DROP) will work effectively when it opens to consumers Jan. 1 and data brokers on Aug. 1, 2026.
The White House on Wednesday released its AI Action Plan, directing federal agencies to potentially withhold discretionary funding from states with AI regulations that “hinder” innovation. California's privacy agency and legislators from two other states rebuked the proposal.