What is CCPA?
Also called: CPRA, California privacy law
The short answer
The CCPA, amended by the CPRA, is California's privacy law giving residents rights to know, delete and opt out of the sale or sharing of their personal information.
CCPA, explained
Sites in scope need a clear privacy notice and an opt-out mechanism. This is general information, not legal advice.
Questions people ask about CCPA
What is CCPA?
The CCPA, amended by the CPRA, is California's privacy law giving residents rights to know, delete and opt out of the sale or sharing of their personal information.
Related terms
GDPR is the European Union's data protection law, governing how sites collect, use and store personal data about people in the EU, with consent and rights to access and deletion.
Privacy policyA privacy policy is a public page explaining what personal data a website collects, why, who it is shared with and how visitors can exercise their rights.
Website securityWebsite security is protecting a site, its data and its visitors from attacks, through HTTPS, updated software, careful input handling, strong logins and backups.
Cross-site scriptingCross-site scripting is an attack where malicious code is injected into a page and runs in other visitors' browsers, stealing sessions or data.
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