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California Consumer Privacy Act, definition of sell, California

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Record	Kind	As stated	Dated
California Consumer Privacy Act, definition of sell (Cal. Civ. Code 1798.140(ad)(1))	Law or ruling	Licensing personal information to an AI buyer for money, or for anything else of value,…	17 Oct 2026
California Consumer Privacy Act, transfer in a merger, acquisition or bankruptcy is not a sale (Cal. Civ. Code 1798.140(ad)(2)(C))	Law or ruling	Only a transfer where the buyer takes over all or part of the business escapes the sale…	17 Oct 2026
California Consumer Privacy Act, definition of deidentified (Cal. Civ. Code 1798.140(m))	Law or ruling	Data counts as deidentified (and outside the CCPA's personal information rules) only…	17 Oct 2026
California Consumer Privacy Act, definition of service provider (Cal. Civ. Code 1798.140(ag)(1))	Law or ruling	A vendor that processes customers' personal information as a service provider must be…	17 Oct 2026
California Consumer Privacy Act, right to opt out of sale or sharing (Cal. Civ. Code 1798.120(a))	Law or ruling	Before selling personal information, a covered business must tell consumers and honour…	17 Oct 2026
California Consumer Privacy Act, right to limit use and disclosure of sensitive personal information (Cal. Civ. Code 1798.121(a))	Law or ruling	Sensitive personal information (health, precise location, message contents and more)…	17 Oct 2026
California Consumer Privacy Act, definition of sensitive personal information (contents of messages) (Cal. Civ. Code 1798.140(ae)(1)(E))	Law or ruling	Message contents are sensitive personal information unless the business itself was the…	17 Oct 2026
California Consumer Privacy Act, definition of business (thresholds) (Cal. Civ. Code 1798.140(d)(1))	Law or ruling	The CCPA binds a for-profit company doing business in California that meets any one…	17 Oct 2026
California Consumer Privacy Act, deidentified and aggregate information are not personal information (Cal. Civ. Code 1798.140(v)(3))	Law or ruling	Records that meet the CCPA deidentified standard fall outside the Act's personal…	17 Oct 2026
California Consumer Privacy Act, formats of personal information (including AI systems) (Cal. Civ. Code 1798.140(v)(4)(C))	Law or ruling	California treats an AI system that can output personal information as holding personal…	17 Oct 2026
California Consumer Privacy Act, notice that personal information may be sold (Cal. Civ. Code 1798.120(b))	Law or ruling	A business that sells personal information must tell consumers in advance and offer the…	17 Oct 2026
California Consumer Privacy Act, opt-in for consumers under 16 (Cal. Civ. Code 1798.120(c))	Law or ruling	Personal information of known minors under 16 cannot be sold without affirmative opt-in…	17 Oct 2026
CCPA employment-information exemption and its 2023 sunset (Cal. Civ. Code 1798.145(m)(1)(A), (m)(4))	Law or ruling	The CCPA's carve-out for employee and applicant information expired on 1 January 2023,…	17 Oct 2026

California Consumer Privacy Act, definition of sell (Cal. Civ. Code 1798.140(ad)(1))
Kind
Law or ruling
As stated
Licensing personal information to an AI buyer for money, or for anything else of value,…
Dated
17 Oct 2026
California Consumer Privacy Act, transfer in a merger, acquisition or bankruptcy is not a sale (Cal. Civ. Code 1798.140(ad)(2)(C))
Kind
Law or ruling
As stated
Only a transfer where the buyer takes over all or part of the business escapes the sale…
Dated
17 Oct 2026
California Consumer Privacy Act, definition of deidentified (Cal. Civ. Code 1798.140(m))
Kind
Law or ruling
As stated
Data counts as deidentified (and outside the CCPA's personal information rules) only…
Dated
17 Oct 2026
California Consumer Privacy Act, definition of service provider (Cal. Civ. Code 1798.140(ag)(1))
Kind
Law or ruling
As stated
A vendor that processes customers' personal information as a service provider must be…
Dated
17 Oct 2026
California Consumer Privacy Act, right to opt out of sale or sharing (Cal. Civ. Code 1798.120(a))
Kind
Law or ruling
As stated
Before selling personal information, a covered business must tell consumers and honour…
Dated
17 Oct 2026
California Consumer Privacy Act, right to limit use and disclosure of sensitive personal information (Cal. Civ. Code 1798.121(a))
Kind
Law or ruling
As stated
Sensitive personal information (health, precise location, message contents and more)…
Dated
17 Oct 2026
California Consumer Privacy Act, definition of sensitive personal information (contents of messages) (Cal. Civ. Code 1798.140(ae)(1)(E))
Kind
Law or ruling
As stated
Message contents are sensitive personal information unless the business itself was the…
Dated
17 Oct 2026
California Consumer Privacy Act, definition of business (thresholds) (Cal. Civ. Code 1798.140(d)(1))
Kind
Law or ruling
As stated
The CCPA binds a for-profit company doing business in California that meets any one…
Dated
17 Oct 2026
California Consumer Privacy Act, deidentified and aggregate information are not personal information (Cal. Civ. Code 1798.140(v)(3))
Kind
Law or ruling
As stated
Records that meet the CCPA deidentified standard fall outside the Act's personal…
Dated
17 Oct 2026
California Consumer Privacy Act, formats of personal information (including AI systems) (Cal. Civ. Code 1798.140(v)(4)(C))
Kind
Law or ruling
As stated
California treats an AI system that can output personal information as holding personal…
Dated
17 Oct 2026
California Consumer Privacy Act, notice that personal information may be sold (Cal. Civ. Code 1798.120(b))
Kind
Law or ruling
As stated
A business that sells personal information must tell consumers in advance and offer the…
Dated
17 Oct 2026
California Consumer Privacy Act, opt-in for consumers under 16 (Cal. Civ. Code 1798.120(c))
Kind
Law or ruling
As stated
Personal information of known minors under 16 cannot be sold without affirmative opt-in…
Dated
17 Oct 2026
CCPA employment-information exemption and its 2023 sunset (Cal. Civ. Code 1798.145(m)(1)(A), (m)(4))
Kind
Law or ruling
As stated
The CCPA's carve-out for employee and applicant information expired on 1 January 2023,…
Dated
17 Oct 2026