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What Does the California Consumer Privacy Act Do for Me?


I understand the act goes into effect Jan 1, 2020. What can I now ask companies for or to do?


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From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Consumer_Privacy_Ac...

"The intentions of the Act are to provide California residents with the right to:

  * Know what personal data is being collected about them.
  
  * Know whether their personal data is sold or disclosed and to whom.
  
  * Say no to the sale of personal data.
  
  * Access their personal data.
    
  * Request a business to delete any personal information about a consumer collected from that consumer.
  
  * Not be discriminated against for exercising their privacy rights."
If it's anything like the GDPR you can send a letter asking for a print-out of all personal data. And request it gets deleted. Note that financial transaction must be retained based on other laws (tax law) so companies can't delete everything.

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-request-your-per...