Federal Response Unlikely Before California Privacy Law Takes Effect

With less than a year until the California Consumer Privacy Act takes effect, businesses face growing challenges in complying. Information technology giants are calling for a unifying federal law to preempt varying state data privacy measures sure to follow California’s lead, but experts say no response is likely between now and January, when CCPA gets underway.

“I rank the odds of a new federal law passing before January as very low,” said Eric Goldman, a law professor at Santa Clara University, where he is co-director of the school’s High Tech Law Institute. “Therefore, businesses impacted by CCPA will be forced ...