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A CCPA notice at collection and a full privacy policy are not the same document. Here's what each one has to say, where it has to appear, and when you need both.
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GDPR and CCPA use completely different tests for who has to comply. Here's how each law actually decides if your business is covered, with the real threshold numbers.
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More than 300,000 Californians signed up for the state's Delete Request and Opt-Out Platform in its first five months, according to the California Privacy Protection Agency's June 2026 update, the most complete state-published consumer rights request count anywhere in the country. See how it compares to complaint growth, data broker registrations, and what other states do and do not publish.
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The CCPA opt-out link isn't required on every website. Here's exactly what triggers the requirement, what changed under the CPRA, and where the link has to go.
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A privacy policy and a cookie policy cover different things and answer to different laws. Here's how to tell whether your site needs one document or two.
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An estimated 171 million Americans, or 50.2% of the country, live in one of the 20 states with a comprehensive privacy law in effect as of 2026, per PrivacyTerms.io's analysis of US Census Bureau population data against the IAPP's US State Privacy Legislation Tracker.
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Only 45% of websites that sell or share personal data honored Global Privacy Control opt-out signals when tested in April 2024, per a Wesleyan University and Princeton University study published at USENIX Security 2025. See the full compliance trend and enforcement data.
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52,326 California businesses are subject to the CCPA, according to the California Privacy Protection Agency's 2024 Standardized Regulatory Impact Assessment. See the applicability thresholds, the small-business breakdown, and how many face added cybersecurity-audit and ADMT rules.
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Do Not Sell opt-out requests under the CCPA rose 37% in 2024 over 2023, per DataGrail's 2025 Data Privacy Trends Report, even as 69% of audited businesses still fail to honor them. See the full request-type breakdown and California's new opt-out platform.
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20 of the 50 US states, 40 percent, have a comprehensive consumer privacy law in effect as of 2026, per the IAPP's US State Privacy Legislation Tracker. Four more are enacted but not yet effective, and 26 states still have no comprehensive privacy law at all.
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On July 21, 2026, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CalPrivacy) announced its Audits Division had opened its first formal CCPA sectoral audit, targeting how gig economy platforms handle consumer and worker access requests.
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The CPPA's Data Broker Enforcement Strike Force issued its first fine against a marketing firm for selling custom audiences without registering as a data broker. Here is what triggers the registration duty.
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California's data broker deletion platform, DROP, goes live today. Registered brokers must process consumer deletion requests or face $200 per request, per day, in penalties.
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GDPR requires opt-in consent before cookies load. CCPA/CPRA requires an opt-out link instead. Here's what each law actually demands, side by side.
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California regulators have collected roughly 24.9 million dollars across 13 confirmed CCPA settlements since 2022, led by a record 12.75 million dollar General Motors penalty in May 2026. See the year-by-year trend, the biggest fines, and the violations that trigger enforcement most often.
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Twenty US states now have a comprehensive consumer privacy law in effect as of January 2026, per the IAPP's US State Privacy Legislation Tracker, with four more enacted and awaiting effective dates. See the full state-by-state list, effective dates, and what each law requires.
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A quick rundown of the international privacy laws: GDPR, CCPA, CalOPPA, COPPA, PIPEDA, and the Australian Privacy Act, driving privacy policy updates worldwide.
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The key similarities and differences between California's two major privacy laws: who they apply to, and what each requires of your privacy policy.
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An overview of the major online privacy laws, GDPR, CalOPPA, and CCPA, and what they require from your website or business.
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