HR Dive Interviews Fisher Phillips Partner on What Employers Need to Know About CCPA

In an interview with HR Dive, Usama Kahf discusses how employers–especially those with remote workers living in California–should manage employee data considering the state’s sweeping California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018. Usama explains: "At its core, the CCPA provides California residents with the right to be notified at the point of collection of: (1) categories of personal information that businesses collect about them; and (2) the purposes for which the information will be used." He recommends that employers provide a “notice of collection” and then carefully map out how the data is stored and used or even shared. Additionally, employers must give employees a clear avenue to request that their personal data is deleted or not shared with third parties.

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