Data broker deletion workflow decisions under California privacy law should be written in operational language: who is in scope, what must happen, what evidence proves it, and when escalation is needed.
This page helps teams decide how to build and document a deletion workflow, including who is in scope, what evidence to capture, and when to escalate exceptions. Confirm legal and policy assumptions before implementation.
Structured answer sets in this page tree.
Cited legal and guidance references.
Use this page to build a California data broker deletion workflow that shows who must act, what must be deleted, what evidence to retain, and when to escalate exceptions or review outcomes.
Start with the governing rule, then check whether the business is a data broker, whether the request is a deletion request under Section 1798.99.86, and whether any exceptions or related opt-out rules apply before assigning the action and deadline.
A useful template captures business threshold, consumer/data category, request or signal type, vendor role, response deadline, notice/control evidence, and escalation reason.
Review the workflow after CPPA rulemaking updates, ad-tech changes, vendor changes, new data categories, consumer complaints, enforcement advisories, or material product changes.
This California Delete Act guide turns turn data broker deletion workflows into owners, evidence requests, review checkpoints, and reusable operating records inside Sorena.
Turn Data Broker Deletion Workflow into scoped questions, evidence fields, and review tasks.
Use Research Copilot to answer follow-up questions with cited source material.
Review scope, evidence, owners, and the next compliance actions with Sorena.
"Data brokers must register and pay the annual fee between January 1-31, 2026, through the Delete Request and Opt-Out Platform (DROP)."
"requires the Agency to establish an accessible deletion mechanism"
"Data brokers must register and pay the annual fee between January 1-31, 2026, through the Delete Request and Opt-Out Platform (DROP)."
"DATA BROKER REGISTRY / DELETE ACT effective 01/01/2026"
"Instructions on how to register in 2026 Data brokers must register and pay the annual fee between January"