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California privacy law could bring wave of data breach litigation in January, many fear

By Mike Swift ( November 27, 2019, 17:05 GMT | Insight) -- With the effective date of the California Consumer Privacy Act now just 35 days away, companies and privacy lawyers say the new law is likely to trigger a surge of data breach litigation when it takes effect. While enforcement of the privacy elements of the CCPA by the California attorney general won’t start until July 2020, private class-action litigation over data breaches can be filed immediately once the law takes effect.Snap, the social media company that offers Snapchat, issued a regulatory warning to investors this year: The new California Consumer Privacy Act may trigger a wave of data breach litigation when it takes effect Jan. 1....

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