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The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) requires the California Attorney General’s Office (AGO) to promulgate regulations related to the CCPA. In October 2019, the AGO published its proposed CCPA regulations and invited the public to comment on the same. The AGO held a series of public hearings to assist in collecting comments. The public comment period ended on December 6, 2019. We are now awaiting the AGO’s next moves, which could include publishing revisions, adopting the regulations as proposed, etc.
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On January 1, 2020, California’s new Internet of Things (IoT) Security Law will go into effect. (Senate Bill 327.) Signed into law in September 2019, this is the first IoT-specific security law in the country. With all the discussion of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) this year, many have overlooked California’s first-in-the-nation IoT law.