Summary of Calif. AG Public Forum on Consumer Privacy Act in San Francisco

Editor's Note: This article initially appeared on TrueAccord's blog and is republished here with permission from the author.

On January 8, 2018 the California Department of Justice held a public forum to receive comments on the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”). While this law was passed in June of 2018 there is still significant work to be done to refine and implement the new legislation before it goes into full effect on January 1, 2020. I attended this packed forum and came away with some key insights from those who spoke on how businesses, consumer advocates, information security professionals, and attorneys who specialize in data privacy view the law in its present form.

I heard three common themes that were echoed by consumer advocates, businesses, and trade groups that I’ll address in more detail below.

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