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California Delete Act, data broker registration, including sales to GenAI developers (Cal. Civ. Code 1798.99.82(a), (b)(2)(S), (c)(1))

A data broker must register with the California Privacy Protection Agency by January 31 after each year it brokers data, and since January 1, 2026 (SB 361) it must disclose whether it sold consumers' data to a developer of a generative AI system or model in the past year. Failing to register costs $200 a day.

Dated 17 Oct 2026Source checked 17 Oct 2026Basis: primary text

In the source's own words
“(a) On or before January 31 following each year in which a business meets the definition of data broker as provided in this title, the business shall register with the California Privacy Protection Agency pursuant to the requirements of this section. ... (S) Whether the data broker has shared or sold consumers’ data to a developer of a GenAI system or model in the past year. ... (1) An administrative fine of two hundred dollars ($200) for each day the data broker fails to register as required by this section.”
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