Reform CIPA Coalition says findings underscore urgent need to stop predatory lawsuits targeting ordinary website tools SACRAMENTO, CA — June 15, 2026 — The Reform CIPA Coalition today highlighted the release of a new economic analysis from Oxford Economics finding that California Invasion of Privacy Act demand letters alone may have already cost businesses more […]
One of the best ways to celebrate and support small businesses this May is to protect them from abusive litigation tied to outdated interpretations of a 1960s law. In recognition of Small Business Month, the Reform CIPA Coalition today called on California policymakers to modernize the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), by passing SB 690. The Reform CIPA Coalition continues to grow. Among its 146 coalition members, more than 30 individual small businesses and over 40 organizations representing small business interests across California have joined the movement. Coalition members say momentum is building around the need to clarify that commonplace online tools already regulated under California’s consumer privacy laws should not trigger predatory lawsuits.
When a 1960s law is being used to shake down small businesses over ordinary website tools, something has gone badly off course, and it is time for Sacramento to act. The Simi Valley Chamber of Commerce is increasingly concerned about a growing threat to affordability and economic stability in California: predatory lawsuits filed under the California Invasion of Privacy Act, better known as CIPA.
Many of California’s important community and social justice organizations today announced their support to Reform CIPA, a coalition to modernize California’s outdated wiretapping law. These influential groups join over 100 small businesses, nonprofits, and community-based organizations already signed up to stop abusive lawsuits that are driving up costs for Californians.
A broad coalition of California businesses, nonprofits, healthcare providers, and community organizations formally launched a campaign this week to push for reform of the state law being weaponized against businesses that use standard website tools. The Reform CIPA Coalition is backing the revival of legislative efforts to limit the law’s scope and put a halt to the trend that has led to thousands of lawsuits and countless demand letters, arbitrations, and settlements. The coalition’s April 6 launch is a meaningful development and signals a renewed effort to push for a legislative fix that was paused last year. Here’s what you need to know and some steps you can take as the debate shakes out.
Californians are already paying too much for everything, from groceries and child care to housing and health care. But there’s a hidden cost driving prices even higher, and most people don’t even realize it exists: predatory lawsuits filed against small businesses and nonprofits under an outdated law written more than 60 years ago.
Sacramento, CA – A surge in predatory lawsuits under the outdated California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) is inflicting severe economic and community harm across the state. To stop these damaging legal shakedowns and protect affordability for California families, a broad coalition of nonprofits, community organizations, and businesses has launched ReformCIPA.com.