California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has written a letter to Sen. Robert Hertzberg, D-Calif., and State Assemblyman Ed Chau, D-Calif., asking for changes to be made to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 to make enforcement easier on his office. Becerra’s primary concerns include the requirement for his office to provide opinions to “any business or third party,” including offering opportunities to fix any violations of the CCPA before enforcement actions take place, which the attorney general said could create conflicts of interest. Other concerns Becerra laid out include unconstitutional civil penalty provisions, the “unnecessary requirement” plaintiffs need to meet before filing a lawsuit, and the lack of inclusion of a private right of action allowing citizens to seek ways to protect their privacy. Editor's Note: Privacy Tracker recently looked at the first round of CCPA amendments.
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