California SB 690 Limits Private Pen-Register Claims, But CIPA Litigation Is Far From Over

What businesses need to know about the new law, remaining risks, and its January 1, 2027 effective date. California has finally addressed one of the stranger developments in modern privacy litigation: the effort to treat ordinary website technology as the digital equivalent of a telephone pen register. Well, sort of. On September 30, 2026, Governor …