CCPA and CPRA (California privacy law)
California’s consumer privacy law: rights to know, delete, correct and opt out of the sale or sharing of personal data, browser signals included.
The California Consumer Privacy Act took effect in 2020; the CPRA amended it from January 1, 2023 and created the California Privacy Protection Agency to enforce it. It applies to for-profit businesses dealing with Californians above set thresholds, such as an inflation-adjusted revenue limit or data on 100,000 or more consumers. “Sharing” covers cross-context ad tracking, so typical ad pixels count. The regulations require honoring an opt-out preference signal such as GPC as a valid request.
Related terms
- GDPR: The EU regulation on personal data: lawful basis, minimal data, user rights and breach reporting, for anyone handling EU residents’ data.
- Global Privacy Control (GPC): A browser signal that tells every site the person does not want their data sold or shared; California and other states treat it as a legal opt-out.
- Session replay: A reconstruction of what a user saw and did on a site: clicks, scrolls, page changes and errors, played back like a video.
