California Weighs Enforcement Flexibility for New Privacy Rights

California privacy regulators could consider a company’s “good faith” compliance efforts in the early stages of enforcing a major expansion of the state’s consumer privacy law under modified draft regulations released Thursday.

The California Privacy Protection Agency board is nearing a final vote on regulations that give consumers additional rights over how businesses collect and use their personal information. The updated text launches a new comment period that ends Nov. 21.

The modifications make numerous changes from the original draft regulations, including clarifying how consumers can opt out of having their data sold or shared. A new provision allowing enforcement ...