Employment

The California Delete Act is a state law that provides California residents with a one-click mechanism to ask registered data brokers to delete their personal information.

From the expansion of certain protections to the use of automation technology in law enforcement, this legislative session once again saw a number of bills centered around data privacy.

We—with the support of a group of privacy and consumer advocacy organizations—submitted comments to the California Privacy Protection Agency addressing its proposed rulemaking under the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020.

Last year the California legislature continued to grapple with issues that were exacerbated by the ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic. As they were in 2020—although not to the same extent—legislators were forced to pare back their bill packages again in 2021.

The Fair Chance Act (also known as California’s Ban the Box law) is a California law that restricts when and how employers can inquire about and consider a job applicant’s criminal history.

Proposition 24 (California Privacy Rights Act)—passed by more than 56% of voters in November 2020—will amend the