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August 1, 2025

California’s New Privacy and Cybersecurity Regulations on Risk Assessments, Automated Decision making and Cybersecurity Audits: What Businesses Need to Know

During a Board Meeting on July 24, 2025, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) unanimously approved the long-awaited final text of its second rulemaking package, implementing a broad swath of new requirements regarding risk assessments, automated decisionmaking technology (ADMT), and cybersecurity audits. The regulations, under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), also amended various provisions of the initial CCPA regulations. While not using – and, in fact, removing from previous drafts – the words “artificial intelligence,” the regulations very much impact AI, through risk assessment and ADMT rules, and require companies to enhance their data privacy and cybersecurity programs, including undergoing an annual evidence-based cybersecurity audit.

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