About the California Consumer Privacy Act
The California Consumer Privacy Act (effective January 1, 2020) was first introduced in January 2018 and enhances privacy rights and consumer protection for residents of California. The act gives consumers ownership over their personal information, visibility into what information companies collect on them, and holds businesses accountable for keeping their data protected.
New Consumer Privacy Rights under CCPA
[As outlined on Caprivacy.org]
1. Right to know ALL data collected by a business on you, twice a year, free of charge.
2. Right to say NO to the sale of your information.
3. Information Security, such as the right to sue companies who collected your data, where that data was stolen or disclosed pursuant to an unauthorized data breach, if the company was careless or negligent about how it protected your data (i.e. if the data was unencrypted, un-redacted, or the company didn’t have reasonable security policies and procedures in place to protect it).
4. Right to DELETE data you have posted.
5. Right not to be discriminated against if you tell a company not to sell your personal information.
6. Right to be informed of what categories of data will be collected about you prior to its collection/at point of collection, and to be informed of any changes to this collection.
7. Mandated opt-in before sale of children’s information (under the age of 16).
8. Right to know the categories of third parties with whom your data is shared
9. Right to know the categories of sources of information from whom your data was acquired.
10. Right to know the business or commercial purpose of collecting your information.
CCPA Compliance
Let PreFence help you maintain compliance including:
• Consumer data mapping
• Privacy disclosures and links
• Processes for handling consumer requests and complaints
• Employee training
• Data security
• Any necessary system changes
