California Goes Beyond GDPR With New Data Privacy Law

July 2, 2018 Hugh Taylor Off Cyber Policy in the News,

California Goes Beyond GDPR With New Data Privacy Law – ISACA Now

Bill Bonney, CISA, author of “CISO Desk Reference Guide” and Programs Directors for the ISACA San Diego Chapter, today writes:

Bill Bonney, CISM

“This week, in my home state of California, the state legislature passed, and the governor signed, AB 375, officially known as the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018. The legislation will take effect January 1, 2020. The good news for privacy professionals is that this bill resembles in many ways the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Much of the same data classification, business logic, and tracking of consent and preferences developed to comply with the GDPR should translate to this California law.”

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Hugh Taylor

Hugh Taylor is a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM). In addition to editing Journal of Cyber Policy, he writes about cybersecurity, compliance and enterprise technology for such clients as Microsoft, IBM, SAP, HPE, Oracle, Google and Advanced Micro Devices. Prior to launching his freelance writing career, he served in executive roles at Microsoft, IBM and several venture-backed technology startups.