Enforcement of California’s Delete Act is accelerating. The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) recently sent a clear message to data brokers: register, pay the required fee, and be prepared to defend your data practices, especially when they involve sensitive populations.

CPPA announced recent settlements with two data brokers totaling more than $100,000 for failing to

On November 18, 2025, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) announced the formation of a new Data Broker Enforcement Strike Force within its Enforcement Division. The purpose of this new team is to investigate alleged violations of both the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the Delete Act’s data broker registration requirements.

According to the

This post was co-authored by Mark Abou Naoum, Summer Associate. Mark is not admitted to practice law.

Before assuming his new role as Executive Director for the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA), Tom Kemp served as a volunteer policy advisor on the Delete Act in 2023 and California’s 2020 ballot initiative, which amended the California

In yet another reminder that California takes data privacy seriously, this month, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) fined Florida-based data broker Jerico Pictures, Inc. (d/b/a National Public Data) $46,000 for failing to register under the state’s Delete Act.

The fine is the maximum allowed by law and was imposed after the company failed to