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California
Data Broker Registration Regulations: fee and registration submissions (articles 1 and 2)
Cal. Code Regs. tit. 11, sections 7600 to 7604
In force since .
A data brokers rule binding private bodies.
- Obligation class
- Licensing, Reporting
As of .
What it requires
- If you are a data broker, register with the Agency during January 1 to 31 of each year through the Agency's website and pay the annual registration fee of $6,000 plus the payment-processing fee, which is not prorated or refunded (sections 7600 and 7602(a)).
- Have an employee or agent with sufficient knowledge of your practices register you and certify under penalty of perjury that the information submitted is true and correct, with accurate and functioning website links and email addresses (sections 7602(b) and 7603(a) and (b)).
- When you report the extent to which other laws regulate you, describe the types of personal information, the specific products or services and the approximate proportions of your data covered by those laws (section 7603(d)).
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text, as of .
If you get it wrong
Private right of actionNo
Penalty structure
Civil Code section 1798.99.82(c): a data broker that fails to register is liable for an administrative fine of $200 for each day it fails to register, an amount equal to the fees that were due during that period, and the Agency's reasonable expenses of investigation and administration.
- Rule
- Per violation only
- As of
- Currency
- USD
- Per violation unit
- Day
- Per violation amount
- 200
Over one month of continuous breach, USD 6,088.
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
California Privacy Protection Agency, in an administrative action under Civil Code section 1798.99.82(c).
What this law does
Article 1 of the Data Broker Registration and Accessible Deletion Mechanism Regulations concerns annual registration fees, beginning with the annual registration fee in section 7600. Section 7600 of the Data Broker Registration and Accessible Deletion Mechanism Regulations sets the annual fee to register as a data broker at $6,000 plus an associated third-party fee for processing electronic payments not to exceed 2.99%.
Under section 7601(k) of the Regulations, the registration period is January 1 through January 31 of each calendar year. Section 7602(a) of the Regulations requires a business that independently meets the definition of data broker for any period of time during the previous calendar year to register during the registration period and create a DROP account.
Section 7602(b) of the Regulations requires the person who registers the data broker to certify under penalty of perjury that the information submitted is true and correct. Under section 7604(a) of the Regulations, a data broker may not be removed from the public registry after the registration period closes, except where it was erroneously registered.
The Agency lists the consolidated Data Broker Registration and Accessible Deletion Mechanism Regulations with an effective date of . The Agency's Data Broker Registration Regulations took effect on .
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