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California Privacy Protection Agency

California Privacy Protection Agency

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Twenty states now enforce comprehensive privacy laws

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Primary enforcer of California privacy law alongside state Attorney General

California passed the first comprehensive state privacy law in 2018. Eight years later, twenty states have followed, creating a regulatory patchwork that now covers roughly half the American population. Indiana, Kentucky, and Rhode Island's laws took effect January 1, 2026, joining a wave of amendments and enforcement actions that force every consumer-facing app to reckon with data collection practices.

Updated Feb 11