California Passes Amendment to the New Privacy Law

Just two months after California passed their new sweeping consumer privacy law, the California Legislature has passed an amendment to the act that was submitted to the Governor on September 12th for signature.  The original bill, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“Privacy Act”), was signed into law on June the 28, 2018, creating the strongest protections in the nation on collecting and using consumer’s information (please see our previous article here for more details on the Privacy Act).  As written, the Privacy Act would require substantial compliance efforts for businesses working with California residents. The amendment makes many changes and clarifications to the Privacy Act, and several will be beneficial to medical practices.
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