CCPA Compliance
What is CCPA?
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) gives consumers more control over the collection and distribution of personal information from companies that collect and/or sell personal information and data.
What does that mean for my business?
This act was passed in June of 2018, however the act will go into effect on January 1, 2020. Businesses will have a six month grace period to enforce this by July 1, 2020.
You must comply if your business meets at least one of the following conditions:
- Annual gross revenue is at least $25 million.
- Has personal information of at least 50,000 California residence.
- At least 50% of annual revenue is generated from selling California residence personal information.
What is considered personal information?
Here are some examples:
- IP addresses
- Email address
- Products or Services purchased
- Browsing history
What should I do?
To prevent your business from lawsuits and financial penalties, updating your company’s Privacy Policy includes information on:
- What personal information you collect, how you collect that information, and why you collect and process personal information.
- Information on how users can opt out of the collection process.
- Conform with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule ( COPPA).
- Provide cookies notifications.
What can Cybertegic do?
To prevent your website being vulnerable to lawsuits and penalties, Cybertegic has a team of business consultants and website developers that can analyze and help get your website up to date.