CPPA Board Unanimously Votes to Advance Regulations

The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) Board voted unanimously today to adopt and approve the Agency’s rulemaking package, as modified, to further implement the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The Board also voted to direct staff to take all steps necessary to complete the rulemaking process, including the filing of the final rulemaking package with the Office of Administrative Law (OAL).

The proposed regulations are not yet in effect. They must first be approved by the OAL, which has 30 business days to review from the date of their submission. More information about the rulemaking process is available on the Agency’s website.

The CPPA began the formal rulemaking process to adopt proposed regulations to further implement the CCPA on July 8, 2022. The proposed regulations (1) update existing CCPA regulations to harmonize them with amendments to the CCPA adopted pursuant to Proposition 24, the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA); (2) operationalize new rights and concepts introduced by the CPRA to provide clarity and specificity to implement the law; and (3) reorganize and consolidate requirements set forth in the law to make the regulations easier to follow and understand.

The CCPA provides Californians with key privacy rights, including the right to know the personal information collected about them by businesses, the right to delete that information, and the right to stop its sale to third parties. In November 2020, California voters approved Proposition 24, the California Privacy Rights Act, which amended and expanded the CCPA, and created the Agency—the first independent data protection authority in the United States—and vested it with the authority to implement and enforce the CCPA.

At today’s meeting, the Board also voted to invite pre-rulemaking comments from the public on cybersecurity audits, risk assessments, and automated decision making. The Agency plans to issue the invitation in the coming weeks. To receive notifications regarding rulemaking activities, please subscribe to our email list here.

Materials from this meeting are available here.

Contact: press@cppa.ca.gov