CCPA Civ. Code § 1798.100(a)(3)
Keep each category of personal information no longer than reasonably necessary for the disclosed purpose, and disclose the retention period
Where this comes from
Provision: Civ. Code § 1798.100(a)(3)
Instrument: California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (as amended by the CPRA) and CPPA regulations
Citation: Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.100(a)(3)
Text version: Civ. Code as published 2026-10-01; 11 CCR as effective 2026-01-01
Checked against the source: 1 October 2026
Who it applies to
A business under the CCPA (Civ. Code § 1798.140(d)(1)) — all of these:
- California CCPA assessed scope Q_CA_CONSUMERS: YES
Meets one or more of the business thresholds — any one of these:
- California CCPA assessed scope Q_CA_REVENUE_THRESHOLD: YES
- California CCPA assessed scope Q_CA_VOLUME_100K: YES
- California CCPA assessed scope Q_CA_SALE_REVENUE_50: YES
What engineering work it implies
Sample acceptance criteria Landfall generates for this obligation:
- Retention schedule exists per data category and is enforced automatically
- Expired data is deleted or anonymized across primary and backup stores
- Children's data retention is minimized and periodically reviewed
- Backup lag does not resurrect data already deleted from primary stores past its window
- A legal hold overrides scheduled deletion and is released cleanly when lifted
Questions people ask
- Does CCPA Civ. Code § 1798.100(a)(3) apply to my service?
- It applies when California CCPA assessed scope Q_CA_CONSUMERS: YES; and at least one of: California CCPA assessed scope Q_CA_REVENUE_THRESHOLD: YES; California CCPA assessed scope Q_CA_VOLUME_100K: YES; California CCPA assessed scope Q_CA_SALE_REVENUE_50: YES.
- From when does this apply?
- CCPA Civ. Code § 1798.100(a)(3) applies from 1 January 2023. Its current status is: in force.
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