For the past few years, California’s comprehensive privacy law known as the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) included an important partial exemption for employees, applicants, and independent contractors, collectively known as workforce members. The California Privacy Rights Act, which amended the CCPA, extended that exemption through Dec. 31.
While many expected the exemption would be extended, the current California legislative session ended on Aug. 31 without a bill to do so. The failure to get an extension across the legislative finish line leaves CCPA-covered businesses with not much time to begin expanding their CCPA compliance efforts.
