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Why the CPRA Is a Step Forward for Privacy but a Step Backwards for Blockchain

By Brandon Howell on February 8, 2021
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Building upon the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), on November 3, 2020, Californians voted to approve Proposition 24: the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). The CPRA does not replace the CCPA but rather adds to and modifies the language of the CCPA to strengthen consumer privacy rights and perhaps, in the future, form a basis for General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) data transfer adequacy. While the CPRA is a landmark legislative accomplishment for privacy rights, it creates new problems for blockchain-based technologies, particularly those provisions regarding the right of correction and principles of data minimization and storage limitation.

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    Communications, Media & Entertainment
  • Blog:
    Internet & Social Media Law Blog
  • Organization:
    Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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