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Find your 45-day DROP cycle deadline.
DROP is California's Delete Request and Opt-out Platform: every registered data broker must access it and delete every matching consumer's data at least every 45 days (Civ. Code §1798.99.86(c)). Pick the date a cycle started (the day you pulled the state's lists), and this shows the hard 45-day deadline plus a suggested internal schedule for the work in between. It's date arithmetic only: 45 days, counted forward, nothing more. It doesn't read your data, guess at a fine, or tell you whether a given date satisfies the statute for your business.
OptOutReady's own clients get this schedule built into their engagement automatically. This version is free for anyone to use on their own cycle.
pick a start date - Day 1
Pull the lists
- By day 10
Standardize, hash, and match complete
- By day 20
Deletions executed, vendor directives sent
- By day 45
Status report filed with the state
This internal spacing (day 10, day 20, day 45) is a suggested pace, not a statutory checkpoint. The only date the law sets is the day-45 deadline itself; everything before it is yours to schedule however keeps a team from doing all of it in the last three days.
This calculator does pure date arithmetic: 45 calendar days from the date you enter. It does not interpret the statute, estimate a fine, or determine whether a particular date is correct for your business. OptOutReady provides compliance operations, not legal advice; for how a specific date affects your obligations, ask your counsel.