No.
The regulations implementing the CCPA require that in-scope businesses must provide two or more designated methods of submitting requests to opt-out, including an interactive form accessible via a clear and conspicuous link titled “Do Not Sell My Personal Information,” on the business’s website or mobile application.[1]
In addition to the “DNSMPI” link noted
Yes.
Where a global privacy control (“GPC”) conflicts with a consumer’s existing business-specific privacy setting or their participation in a business’s financial incentive program, the business must respect the GPC, but may notify the consumer of the conflict and give the consumer the choice to confirm the business-specific privacy setting or participation in the financial
No.
A group of privacy advocates and privacy software companies has proposed an “unofficial” specification for how consumers might transmit, and how companies might receive, a global privacy opt-out signal that indicates an intention for information not to be sold. As of 12 October 2020, the draft “Global Privacy Control specification” claims to have “no
A group of privacy advocates, publishers, and privacy software companies have proposed an “unofficial” specification for how consumers might transmit, and how companies might receive, a global privacy opt-out signal that indicates an intention for information not to be sold. They refer to their specification as the Global Privacy Control header, “GPC header,” or “GPC
No.
The regulations implementing the CCPA require that if a business sells personal information and collects personal information from consumers online it must honor “user-enabled global privacy controls” that communicate a desire of the consumer to opt-out of the sale of personal information.[1] There is no single format or technical specification for creating, transmitting,
No.
The European GDPR permits a company to collect only that information which is “adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary in relation to the purposes” for which the information is to be processed.”[1] As a result, a company arguably is not permitted to collect personal data that is not “necessary” for a
No.
The right of rectification refers to the ability of a person to request that a company fix any inaccuracies in the personal information that it holds about them. While the right of rectification is one of the core tenants of European data privacy law, it is not included within the CCPA.
Unlike the CCPA,
The term “personally identified information” is utilized by some industry groups, including the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”). Personally identified information, or “PII,” is defined by such organizations to refer to a significantly narrower set of data than the term “personal information” used within the CCPA. The following provides a side-by-side comparison of the two terms:
The California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (the “CPRA” or “Proposition 24”) labels 20 data fields as constituting “sensitive personal information.” [1] If Proposition 24 is enacted businesses would be permitted to use sensitive personal information for one of the following purposes:[2]
Yes and no.
The CCPA references directly, or by incorporating definitions from other code provisions, 55 data types that may fall under the broad definition of “personal information.” While the CCPA does not label any data type as being more, or less, sensitive than another, the Act does confer special rights on a subset of