Privacy Regulations Incoming After California Appeals Court Reverses Superior Court Decision

The law mandates businesses to disclose to consumers when their personal information is stored and to allow individuals to block them from selling their data.

In this photo illustration, a teenager uses her mobile phone to access social media in New York on Jan. 31, 2024. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Some California businesses will need to navigate new consumer privacy protections immediately after a Feb. 9 Third District Court of Appeals ruling overturned a lower court’s order.

At issue is the California Consumer Privacy Act, approved by the Legislature in 2018 mandating businesses disclose to consumers when their personal information is stored and to allow individuals to block them from selling their data.