On
January
27,
2023,
California
Attorney
General
Rob
Bonta
announced
a
new
enforcement
sweep
aimed
at
businesses
with
mobile
apps
and
other
businesses
that
fail
to
comply
with
the
California
Consumer
Privacy
Act
(“CCPA”).
The
sweep
focused
on
popular
apps
in
the
retail,
travel
and
food
service
industries
that
allegedly
fail
to
comply
with,
or
do
not
provide
a
mechanism
for,
consumers’
requests
to
opt
out
of
the
sale
of
their
personal
information.
The
sweep
also
targets
businesses
that
allegedly
fail
to
comply
with
requests
submitted
by
consumers’
authorized
agents,
including
those
submitted
via
Permission
Slip,
a
mobile
app
developed
by
Consumer
Reports
that
enables
consumers
to
send
requests
to
opt
out
of
the
sale
of
or
delete
their
personal
information.
Attorney
General
Bonta
highlighted
“the
wide
array
of
sensitive
information
that
[…]
apps
can
access
from
our
phones
and
other
mobile
devices,”
and
urged
the
development
and
adoption
of
“user-enabled
global
privacy
controls
for
mobile
operating
systems
that
allow
consumers
to
stop
apps
from
selling
their
data.”
About Author
