2021 was another record setting year for the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”). Read on for CPW’s highlights of the year’s most significant events concerning CCPA litigation, as well as our predictions for what 2022 may bring.
The CCPA went into effect on January 1, 2020. It regulates any “business” that “does business in California,” even those without a physical presence in the state, and determines the means and purposes of the processing of “personal information”.
As a recap, what entities qualify as a “business” subject to the CCPA? The statute defines a “business” as a for-profit, private entity that (1) collects “personal information”, (2) determines the means of processing that personal information, (3) does business in California, and (4) meets one of the following criteria:
Has annual gross revenues exceeding $25 million;
Annually sells/buys or receives/shares for commercial purposes the personal information of 50,000 or more California consumers; or
Derives 50% or more of its annual revenue from selling personal information.
Generally, the CCPA covers all information so long as it relates to a California resident or California household. Aligning with the GDPR, the CCPA defines “personal information” to include “information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or household.”...
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