As of today, July 1, 2020, the California Attorney General (“AG”) will begin enforcing the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”), which went into effect on January 1, 2020. Under the CCPA, the AG may recover civil penalties of up to $2,500 for each violation and up to $7,500 for each intentional violation. The CCPA also provides for a private right of action for damages resulting from a data breach involving certain defined types of personal information; indeed, a significant amount of CCPA class action litigation has already been filed. Read our full post here.