CCPA, explained
The California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended, gives qualifying California consumers rights concerning covered businesses' handling of personal information.
- The field
- Legal
- Reading time
- 1 minute
- In this entry
- Meaning · relevance · limits
The meaning
The California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended, gives qualifying California consumers rights concerning covered businesses' handling of personal information.
Why it matters
A website may need to assess notices and processes for access, deletion, correction and applicable sale or sharing choices.
The boundary
Scope and exceptions matter; not every website has identical obligations.
A privacy request needs a data inventory
A business serving California residents receives a request concerning a customer’s personal information. It needs to locate relevant records, check whether the law applies and handle the request through an appropriate verification process. Putting the database abroad does not by itself remove the business’s privacy responsibilities.
- Review current applicability criteria and exceptions before promising a particular response.
- Track categories of information, purposes and disclosures so a request can be handled consistently.