Although the bill to amend the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) to extend the so-called “B-to-B” and “employee” exceptions for one more year has garnered many headlines, the California legislature passed a second CCPA amendment (AB 713) that will be of interest to anyone involved in medical research as the new bill would ease some CCPA restrictions on research. The changes pertaining to healthcare data are expected to pass and are clearly responsive to additional needs to share information and conduct research on potential treatments and vaccines for the ongoing COVID pandemic. The bill has been sent to … Continue Reading