California Delete Act, definition of data broker (Cal. Civ. Code 1798.99.80(c))
A company selling data about its own customers, people it has a direct relationship with, is not a California data broker for that data (the CCPA's rules on selling still apply). A buyer or reseller that collects and sells data about people it has no relationship with is one.
Dated 17 Oct 2026Source checked 17 Oct 2026Basis: primary text
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“(c) “Data broker” means a business that knowingly collects and sells to third parties the personal information of a consumer with whom the business does not have a direct relationship. “Data broker” does not include any of the following: ... (2) An entity to the extent that it is covered by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (Public Law 106-102) and implementing regulations.”
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