From Privacy to Risk: Navigating the CCPA’s New Risk Assessment Requirement
A recent Troutman Pepper Locke article, “Analyzing the CCPA’s New Risk Assessment Requirement,” underscores a growing regulatory focus on proactive privacy risk management. Under updated CCPA regulations effective in 2026, businesses engaging in higher-risk data processing—such as handling sensitive personal information, selling or sharing data, or using automated decision-making—must conduct formal privacy risk assessments. From a compliance and enterprise risk perspective, these requirements elevate data governance, documentation, and internal controls from best practices to regulatory necessities. Organizations that integrate privacy risk assessments into their broader risk management framework will be better positioned to manage regulatory exposure, demonstrate due diligence, and support defensible compliance decisions.
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