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California AG Urged to Delay CCPA Enforcement Due to COVID-19

California should delay enforcing its privacy law for six months due to COVID-19, BakerHostetler lawyers blogged Wednesday. It would “allow our clients time to better focus on business continuity and the safety of consumers and employees in response to the…

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national COVID-19 state of emergency,” they said. The law firm wrote the California attorney general's office Monday seeking delay. California Consumer Privacy Act enforcement starts July 1. The AG office is "committed to enforcing the law upon finalizing the rules or July 1, whichever comes first," emailed spokesperson for AG Xavier Becerra (D). "We're all mindful of the new reality created by COVID-19 and the heightened value of protecting consumers' privacy online that comes with it. We encourage businesses to be particularly mindful of data security in this time of emergency."