Time for HR Professionals and In-House Employment Counsel to Add HR Data Privacy Risk Assessments to Their Repertoire

Effective January 1, 2026, employers subject to the California Consumer Privacy Act (as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act) (CCPA) will be required to conduct a privacy risk assessment before engaging in many activities involving the personal information of job applicants, employees, or independent contractors who reside in California (collectively, “HR Data”). While this new compliance obligation derives from a package of recently approved CCPA regulations focused principally on the…
By: Littler