The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) will apply to a wide range of businesses that handle Californians' PI, obligating such businesses to comply with a host of new requirements governing their collection, use and sharing of PI. (Photo: ALM Archives) The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) will apply to a wide range of businesses that handle Californians' PI, obligating such businesses to comply with a host of new requirements governing their collection, use and sharing of PI. (Photo: ALM Archives)

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is a comprehensive new consumer protection law set to take effect on Jan. 1, 2020. In the wake of the CCPA's passage, approximately 15 other states introduced their own CCPA-like privacy legislation, and similar proposals are being considered at the federal level. However, so far only Nevada has passed new consumer privacy laws, adding a do-not-sell right to its existing online privacy law, effective Oct. 1, 2019.

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