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CCPA

California Consumer Privacy Act, the first comprehensive US state privacy law, granting California residents rights to know, delete, and opt out of the sale of their personal information.

Full definition

The California Consumer Privacy Act (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.100 et seq.), effective January 2020 and amended by the CPRA (effective January 2023), grants California residents the right to know what personal information businesses have collected, the right to delete that information, the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information, and the right to correct inaccurate information. Data brokers must respond to verifiable deletion requests within 45 days, extendable once to 90 days. The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) enforces CCPA alongside the AG.

Source: California Civil Code § 1798.100

Related terms

CPRA

California Privacy Rights Act, the 2020 voter-approved amendment to CCPA that created the California Privacy Protection Agency and added new consumer rights.

GDPR

General Data Protection Regulation, the European Union's comprehensive data protection law governing personal data of EU/EEA residents.

Data Subject Request (DSR)

A formal request from a consumer to a business to access, correct, delete, or port their personal data.

CCPA Delete Act

California SB 362, requires the California Privacy Protection Agency to build a universal deletion mechanism that propagates one request to all registered data brokers.

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