Privacy agency seeks funds for data-broker deletion platform while business groups urge delay over proposed AI rules

The California Privacy Protection Agency told the Senate budget subcommittee it is developing an accessible deletion mechanism required by the Delete Act and requested funding to meet the statutory deadline, while representatives of business groups urged the committee to keep the CPPA budget open until regulatory concerns are resolved.

CPPA presentation and request: Vaughn Chitambira, deputy director for administration at CPPA, told the committee the agency requests $2.4 million from the Data Broker Registry Fund for 2025'26 and $230,000 in 2026'27, plus two positions, to build and operate an accessible deletion mechanism required by statute beginning Jan. 1, 2026. The Delete Act, enacted in 2023, transferred responsibility for the data broker registry from the Department of Justice to CPPA and requires an accessible mechanism to allow consumers to request deletion of…