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The GDPR is the strictest data privacy law in the world, with few exceptions and hefty fines. In California, these concerns manifested as the California Consumer Protection Act somewhat modeled on the EU’s GDPR. [11] The CCPA’s initial drafting and placement on the 2018 ballot was led by Alastair Mactaggart. [12]
With the enactment of the California Delete Act, the agency also maintains the California data broker registry and will build a one-stop shop data deletion mechanism for consumers. [ 9 ] References
The Uniform Law Commission has proposed a model bill – the Uniform Personal Data Protection Act (“UPDPA”), which “provides a reasonable level of consumer protection without incurring the compliance and regulatory costs associated with some existing state regimes.” [2]
The California Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act is in §502 of the California Penal Code. According to the State Administrative Manual of California, the Act affords protection to individuals, businesses, and governmental agencies from tampering, interference, damage, and unauthorized access to lawfully created computer data and ...
The act is broad in scope, well beyond California's border. Neither the web server nor the company that created the website has to be in California in order to be under the scope of the law. The website only has to be accessible by California residents. [5]
But as of Oct. 25, California had only collected $18 billion — a far cry from the $42 billion the state forecast back in June. Understandably, this news might make employees nervous.
Companies that become victims of data theft or other data security breaches can be ordered in civil class action lawsuits to pay statutory damages between $100 and $750 per California resident and incident, or actual damages, whichever is greater, and any other relief a court deems proper, subject to an option of the California Attorney General ...
Preliminary numbers from the California Public Employees’ Retirement System show that about 9,900 state workers retired in 2023, about 1,600 fewer than in 2022. That’s a 14% decline year-over ...