The California Attorney General's Office released an opinion clarifying a consumer's right to know under the California Consumer Privacy Act covers business-generated inferences unless there's a proven statutory exemption. The attorney general considers inferences as personal information under the CCPA when they derive from categories of information found in civil code and when they can be used to build consumer profiles. The office said companies that do not comply with requests involving inferences because they are considered "protected trade secrets" are responsible for proving as much under applicable law.
14 March 2022
California attorney general offers CCPA opinion on data inferences
RELATED STORIES
What to know about the new Canadian government PIA standard
Notes from the IAPP Canada: 'The Debaters' battle it out over privacy
A view from DC: What does a second Trump presidency mean for privacy, AI governance?
A view from Brussels: Global Privacy Assembly explores the 'Power of i'
What the US election results may mean for digital policy