The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is a comprehensive privacy law that may apply to businesses located in and outside of California. It was signed into law on June 28, 2018, went into effect on January 1, 2020, and became enforceable on July 1, 2020. The CCPA required the California State Attorney General to craft regulations that, among other things, operationalized the CCPA for businesses and provided guidance to consumers regarding their rights under the CCPA.  The first CCPA regulations were approved by California’s Office of Administrative Law (OAL) on August 14, 2020.

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