Ashkan Soltani, who worked for the FTC during the Obama administration, will lead the new California Privacy Protection Agency, created last year to enforce the state's data-privacy laws.

Though California Attorney General Xavier Becerra will soon leave his post to join Biden's Cabinet, the state's landmark privacy policy will remain.

With less than three months before California's sweeping data privacy law takes effect, Attorney General Xavier Becerra issued five regulations designed to help businesses navigate the new rules.

Watchdogs say new legislation would reverse or weaken various consumer protections under a landmark online privacy law set to go active next year.

A patchwork of internet privacy regulations is emerging as more states consider personal data protections demanded by the public.

As states figure out how to protect their residents' personal data, many are waiting to see how California's sweeping new privacy law is implemented.