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readability=\"26.018957345972\">\n<div class=\"single-article__header-content\" readability=\"35.113082039911\">\n<p> California, Colorado and Connecticut are contacting businesses that aren\u2019t using legally mandated technology to provide consumers with universal opt-out rights. <\/p>\n<p>  <br \/>\n<audio id=\"audio-player\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-tts-cdn.api.scpnewsgrp.com\/cyberscoop\/85944\/english.openai.mp3\"><\/audio> <\/p>\n<div readability=\"11\">\n<div>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<p>0:00<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<p> <span id=\"tts-tooltip\">Learn more.<\/span> <span> This feature uses an automated voice, which may result in occasional errors in pronunciation, tone, or sentiment. <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"single-article__cover-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"single-article__cover\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" 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https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/three-states-team-up-in-investigative-sweep-of-companies-flouting-data-opt-out-laws-5.jpg?resize=1080,675 1080w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/three-states-team-up-in-investigative-sweep-of-companies-flouting-data-opt-out-laws-5.jpg?resize=1349,843 1349w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\"><figcaption> California, Colorado and Connecticut are contacting businesses that aren\u2019t using legally mandated technology to provide consumers with universal opt-out rights. (Image via Getty) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"single-article__content\">\n<div class=\"single-article__content-inner has-drop-cap\"> <html readability=\"35.697315096251\"><body readability=\"72.129885395239\"><\/p>\n<p>A joint investigative sweep across three states kicked off this week aimed at identifying companies that aren\u2019t following opt-out laws for collecting consumer data.<\/p>\n<p>The efforts, led by the state attorneys general, the California Privacy Protection Agency and other state regulators, will involve contacting businesses across all three states who may not be processing opt-out requests or using Global Privacy Control (GPC), and ensuring they start following the required regulations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCalifornians have the important right to opt-out and take back control of their personal data \u2014 and businesses have an obligation to honor this request,\u201d Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a statement. \u201cToday, along with our law enforcement partners throughout the country, we have identified businesses refusing to honor consumers\u2019 requests to stop selling their personal data and have asked them to immediately come into compliance with the law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>California, Connecticut and Colorado all have laws requiring companies to adopt GPC, a browser extension that allows consumers to automatically and universally opt out of invasive data collection. The use of GPC is also required in other states, such as Texas, that aren\u2019t part of this week\u2019s enforcement actions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=k361rJn-JAE\"> Privacy Tech Lab<\/a> at Wesleyan University in Connecticut, GPC will \u201cautomatically send a signal or raise a privacy flag from your browser every time you visit a website.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis signal tells the website that you want to opt out of having your personal data sold or used for targeted advertising,\u201d the lab noted.<\/p>\n<p>Some browsers, like Mozilla\u2019s Firefox, have this feature built into their product, while others, like Google\u2019s Chrome, require a third-party extension to use it. But in most cases, it only takes a few minutes to set the protections up on your device or browser.<\/p>\n<p>Connecticut Attorney General William Tong said in a statement that while \u201cmany businesses have been diligent in understanding these new protections and complying with the law,\u201d the sweep was about \u201cputting violators on notice today that respecting consumer privacy is non-negotiable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The sweep represents one of the larger nationwide efforts by states to enforce data privacy opt-out laws \u2014 one of the few legal protections U.S. consumers have to prevent wanton data collection and targeted advertising by companies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Many states have privacy laws that require businesses to give consumers the option to opt-out of having their data being collected or sold to third parties. However, some businesses that profit from buying and selling data simply don\u2019t comply with those laws or make the opt-out process so complicated that it can frustrate and discourage consumers from exercising their rights. <\/p>\n<p>Last year, the CPPA<a href=\"https:\/\/cppa.ca.gov\/announcements\/2024\/20241030.html\"> conducted its own sweep<\/a> of data brokers out of compliance with state laws amid<a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/data-brokers-california-ccpa-non-compliance-privacy\/\"> evidence that at least 40%<\/a> of the companies on the state\u2019s data broker registry were not complying \u2014 or flat out ignoring \u2014 requests from consumers to delete their data or opt out of collection.<\/p>\n<p>In April regulators from California, Colorado and Connecticut \u2014 along with four other states \u2014 formed a<a href=\"https:\/\/cppa.ca.gov\/announcements\/2025\/20250416.html\"> bipartisan consortium<\/a> to work together on implementing and enforcing common privacy laws across state borders. The other states in the coalition are Delaware, Indiana, New Jersey and Oregon.<\/p>\n<p><\/body> <\/p>\n<footer class=\"single-article__footer\" readability=\"3.6102941176471\">\n<div class=\"author-card\" readability=\"13\">\n<div class=\"author-card__avatar\">\n<figure class=\"author-card__image-wrap\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/three-states-team-up-in-investigative-sweep-of-companies-flouting-data-opt-out-laws-1.jpg?w=640&ssl=1\" alt=\"Derek B. Johnson\"> <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><h4 class=\"author-card__name\">Written by Derek B. Johnson<\/h4>\n<p> Derek B. Johnson is a reporter at CyberScoop, where his beat includes cybersecurity, elections and the federal government. Prior to that, he has provided award-winning coverage of cybersecurity news across the public and private sectors for various publications since 2017. 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Following the notoriety from the Academy Award-winning film Sideways, this buccolic farming region north of Santa Barbara has become a popular Wine Country stop for global and domestic tourists traveling between San Francisco and Los Angeles. (Photo by George Rose\/Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<header class=\"post-item__meta\" readability=\"2.6901408450704\">\n<h3 class=\"post-item__title\"> <a class=\"post-item__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/data-brokers-california-ccpa-non-compliance-privacy\/\"> Hundreds of registered data brokers ignore user requests around personal data <\/a> <\/h3>\n<p> Researchers in California contacted data brokers in their state to exercise their rights under the California Privacy Protection Act. Many didn\u2019t reply, while others threw up barriers. <\/p>\n<div class=\"post-item__byline\"> <span class=\"post-item__author\"> <span>By <\/span> <a class=\"post-item__author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/author\/derek-johnson\/\"> Derek B. Johnson <\/a> <\/span> <\/div>\n<p> <\/header>\n<p> <\/article>\n<article class=\"post-item post-item--popular-stories-cards \">\n<figure class=\"post-item__thumbnail\"> <a class=\"post-item__thumbnail-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/many-data-brokers-arent-registering-across-state-lines-privacy-groups-say\/\" tabindex=\"-1\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"252\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/three-states-team-up-in-investigative-sweep-of-companies-flouting-data-opt-out-laws-3.jpg?resize=252%2C168&ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-ratio-16-9-sm size-ratio-16-9-sm wp-post-image\" alt decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/three-states-team-up-in-investigative-sweep-of-companies-flouting-data-opt-out-laws-7.jpg 6000w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/three-states-team-up-in-investigative-sweep-of-companies-flouting-data-opt-out-laws-7.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/three-states-team-up-in-investigative-sweep-of-companies-flouting-data-opt-out-laws-7.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/three-states-team-up-in-investigative-sweep-of-companies-flouting-data-opt-out-laws-7.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/three-states-team-up-in-investigative-sweep-of-companies-flouting-data-opt-out-laws-7.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/three-states-team-up-in-investigative-sweep-of-companies-flouting-data-opt-out-laws-7.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/three-states-team-up-in-investigative-sweep-of-companies-flouting-data-opt-out-laws-7.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/three-states-team-up-in-investigative-sweep-of-companies-flouting-data-opt-out-laws-7.jpg?resize=252,168 252w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/three-states-team-up-in-investigative-sweep-of-companies-flouting-data-opt-out-laws-7.jpg?resize=506,337 506w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/three-states-team-up-in-investigative-sweep-of-companies-flouting-data-opt-out-laws-7.jpg?resize=1013,675 1013w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/three-states-team-up-in-investigative-sweep-of-companies-flouting-data-opt-out-laws-7.jpg?resize=1265,843 1265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\"> <\/a><figcaption class=\"screen-reader-text\"> An analysis of four states with data broker registry laws found that hundreds of brokers are registered as such in one state but not in others. (Image Credit: Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<header class=\"post-item__meta\">\n<h3 class=\"post-item__title\"> <a class=\"post-item__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/many-data-brokers-arent-registering-across-state-lines-privacy-groups-say\/\"> Many data brokers aren\u2019t registering across state lines, privacy groups say <\/a> <\/h3>\n<div class=\"post-item__byline\"> <span class=\"post-item__author\"> <span>By <\/span> <a class=\"post-item__author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/author\/derek-johnson\/\"> Derek B. Johnson <\/a> <\/span> <\/div>\n<p> <\/header>\n<p> <\/article>\n<article class=\"post-item post-item--popular-stories-cards \">\n<figure class=\"post-item__thumbnail\"> <a class=\"post-item__thumbnail-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/23andme-bankruptcy-dna-privacy-concerns\/\" tabindex=\"-1\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"252\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/three-states-team-up-in-investigative-sweep-of-companies-flouting-data-opt-out-laws-4.jpg?resize=252%2C168&ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-ratio-16-9-sm size-ratio-16-9-sm wp-post-image\" alt decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/three-states-team-up-in-investigative-sweep-of-companies-flouting-data-opt-out-laws-8.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/three-states-team-up-in-investigative-sweep-of-companies-flouting-data-opt-out-laws-8.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/three-states-team-up-in-investigative-sweep-of-companies-flouting-data-opt-out-laws-8.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/three-states-team-up-in-investigative-sweep-of-companies-flouting-data-opt-out-laws-8.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/three-states-team-up-in-investigative-sweep-of-companies-flouting-data-opt-out-laws-8.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/three-states-team-up-in-investigative-sweep-of-companies-flouting-data-opt-out-laws-8.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/three-states-team-up-in-investigative-sweep-of-companies-flouting-data-opt-out-laws-8.jpg?resize=252,168 252w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/three-states-team-up-in-investigative-sweep-of-companies-flouting-data-opt-out-laws-8.jpg?resize=506,337 506w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/three-states-team-up-in-investigative-sweep-of-companies-flouting-data-opt-out-laws-8.jpg?resize=1013,675 1013w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/three-states-team-up-in-investigative-sweep-of-companies-flouting-data-opt-out-laws-8.jpg?resize=1265,843 1265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\"> <\/a><figcaption class=\"screen-reader-text\"> The logo of the DNA testing firm 23andMe is seen on a facade of a building in Mountain View, California, October 28, 2018. 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