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March 21st, 2022
California Businesses Gain Clarity on Consumer Data Requests
Privacy & Data Security Practice Group Chair Daniel M. Goldberg is quoted in the article, “California Businesses Gain Clarity on Consumer Data Requests” published by Bloomberg Law. The article discusses Attorney General Rob Bonta’s opinion under the California Consumer Privacy Act that consumers have a right to access inferences, regardless of whether those are generated by a company’s data or data from another source. Daniel says, “Many companies were already treating inferences as personal information under the law and responding to consumer requests accordingly.” Adding, “[Attorney General] Bonta’s opinion should convince any holdouts that treating generated inferences differently than acquired personal information isn’t a tenable approach.”
Daniel points out an unclear piece of the opinion, “Still, the opinion doesn’t expressly address whether consumers’ right to delete and right to correct—which will go into effect when amendments to the CCPA become operative on Jan. 1, 2023—extends to inferences as well.” Daniel concludes by saying, “The bigger issue for me is: Where do we go from here?”
Read the full article here. (Behind paywall)
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