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CCPA and CPRA readiness checklist

Every CCPA and CPRA obligation a business has to act on, mapped to its Civil Code section or CCPA regulation, with the evidence the California Privacy Protection Agency or Attorney General will ask for. Preview 8 of the 61 items below; the full checklist comes as a branded, fillable PDF.

Checklist v1.0Covers CCPA as amended by CPRAReviewed 30 Oct 202661 items · 8 sections

Scope and data mapping

7 items

  • 1798.140(d)Confirm you are a covered business: annual gross revenue above the inflation-adjusted threshold (originally $25 million), buying, selling or sharing personal information of 100,000 or more consumers or households, or earning half or more of revenue from selling or sharing it.Evidence: Applicability memo with revenue and volume figures.

Notices and privacy policy

8 items

  • 1798.100(a)At or before collection, tell consumers the categories of personal and sensitive personal information collected, the purposes, whether it is sold or shared, and how long it is kept.Evidence: Notice at collection on every collection point.

Right to know, delete and correct

8 items

  • 1798.110On a verified request to know, disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal information, sources, purposes and categories of recipients.Evidence: Request to know response template and completed samples.

Handling consumer requests

9 items

  • 1798.130(a)(1)Offer at least two methods to submit requests to know, delete and correct, including a toll-free number, unless you operate only online and have a direct relationship with the consumer, in which case email is enough.Evidence: Request channels listed in the privacy policy.

Opt-out of sale and sharing

9 items

  • 1798.120(a)Let consumers opt out of the sale or sharing of their personal information at any time.Evidence: Opt-out mechanism and processed opt-out records.

Sensitive personal information and minors

6 items

  • 1798.121(a)Let consumers limit the use of sensitive personal information to what is necessary to provide the goods or services they requested.Evidence: Limit mechanism and records of processed requests.

Service providers, contractors and incentives

6 items

  • Regs 7051Sign contracts with every service provider and contractor that bar selling or sharing, limit use to the specified business purpose, and give you audit and remediation rights.Evidence: Signed agreements mapped to the Regs 7051 terms.

Security, breach and assessments

8 items

  • 1798.100(e)Implement reasonable security procedures appropriate to the nature of the personal information you hold.Evidence: Information security program and recent risk assessment.

Changelog

  • v1.030 Oct 2026First release. Covers the CCPA as amended by the CPRA and the CCPA regulations, including opt-out preference signals, sensitive data limits and the 2026 rules on risk assessments, cybersecurity audits and ADMT.

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