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The Fair Chance Act (also known as California’s Ban the Box law) is a California law that restricts when and how employers can inquire about and consider a job applicant’s criminal history.

We—with the support of a group of privacy and consumer advocacy organizations—submitted comments to the California Privacy Protection Agency addressing its proposed rulemaking under the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020.

Last year the California legislature continued to grapple with issues that were exacerbated by the ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic. As they were in 2020—although not to the same extent—legislators were forced to pare back their bill packages again in 2021.