Guides
Plain-language references on the operational side of California's Delete Act and the multi-state data-broker registration calendar, written for the person who has to run the cycle, not just approve it.
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What $697,290 in California data-broker fines actually looked like
Every CPPA enforcement action so far has been a registration or data-minimization case, not a deletion-cycle fine. Six of them, including the first action under both the CCPA and the Delete Act, show exactly what the agency looks for and what a paper trail would have changed.
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The 2028 Delete Act audit: what to keep now
California's triennial third-party DROP audits start January 1, 2028. What the audit covers and what a defensible per-cycle record needs now.
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Data broker registration fees by state, 2026
The six-state data-broker registration calendar, California, Texas, Oregon, Vermont, Connecticut, New Jersey, with every enacted fee and deadline.
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What California now requires of registered data brokers
The Delete Act obligation in plain terms: the 45-day pull-match-delete cycle, vendor notices, state reports, six years of records, and the audit that reads them, with statute cites.
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DROP compliance: software vs. a service, and what small brokers actually need
Matching software runs the standardize-hash-compare step of a DROP cycle. A service also handles the deletions, vendor notices, exemption calls, and state filing. Most 3-40 person brokers need to think about both separately.
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When a data broker can deny a DROP deletion request
The statutory grounds for a DROP deletion exemption, how status code 2 works, and why the file needs to show the exemption, not just the denial.
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The 45-day DROP cycle, operationally
What DROP is, the seven-step cycle from pull to perpetual suppression, and the evidence a broker's records should hold, with the statute cites for each step.
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The six DROP hash lists, explained
NDZ, email, phone, MAID, name+VIN, and CTVID: the six DROP identifier lists, how each gets standardized before hashing, and why exact-match matters.