California Breaks New Ground With Record $1.35M Fine for Job Applicant Mistakes: 6-Step Action Plan for Employers
The California Privacy Protection Agency, the state’s main data privacy regulator, just announced its largest fine yet – a record-setting $1.35 million – against an employer that it found to have violated job applicant and consumer privacy rights . Today’s announcement marks the first-ever enforcement action involving job applicants, kicking off a new chapter when it comes to the way employers need to think about the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). If you collect information from California job applicants, employees, or consumers, you will want to review our summary of this groundbreaking news and follow our six-step action plan. What Happened? The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) launched its investigation against Tractor Supply, the nation’s largest rural lifestyle retailer, after it received a solitary complaint from a consumer in Placerville, CA. It is not publicly known whether this consumer was a job applicant, employee, website user, retail customer, or other...