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Sunday, November 03, 2019

A Look at CCPA

Concise look at the California Consumer Privacy Act.

CCPA: Do the Penalties Fit the Crime?
By David Harding  / in ReadWrite

CCPA goes into effect on January 1, 2020 and aims to protect California’s 39 million inhabitants against the ever-growing threat to privacy. The law will grant unprecedented power to individuals by giving them choice in regards to the collection, sale, and deletion of their private data. Despite being a state law, large, medium, and even small companies throughout the country will be affected by it.

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is viewed as a savior for privacy, arriving to protect consumers’ data. Unfortunately, it may fall short of reaching hero status.

There are few requirements to be subjected to CCPA rules: for-profit companies must either gross over $25 million, manage data of 50,000 or more California residents, or derive more than 50% of their revenue from the sale of data.  .... "

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