Following a winding path in the California Legislature, AB-1281 passed the CA Senate on Friday, August 28th, and the Assembly on Sunday, August 30th, and will now go to Governor Newsom for his signature. Governor Newson is not expected to veto the bill. AB-1281 amends the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), extending the business-to-business and personnel/applicant carve-outs through January 1, 2022.
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Amendments to CA AB-1281: Addition by Subtraction?
In a surprising turn of events, the California State Senate significantly amended California Assembly Bill 1281 (“AB-1281”) late last week. AB-1281 initially proposed enhanced protections for the use of facial recognition technologies, which have now been removed. The amended AB-1281 now focuses on extending by one year the B2B and employee exemptions provided for under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), previously discussed here. Those exemptions currently become inoperative on January 1, 2021; if AB-1281 is enacted, they would become inoperative on January 1, 2022. Note, however, that if the California Privacy Rights Act (read our recent analysis here) passes on the upcoming November 3rd ballot, these exemptions will be extended for an additional year, and will become inoperative on January 1, 2023.
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