California Privacy Agency Ratchets Up Probes Into Data Brokers

May 1, 2026, 8:11 PM UTC

California’s privacy agency is investigating companies that may be skirting requirements to register as data brokers with the state, and is aiming to boost such probes this summer.

“I am not convinced that we have all of the data brokers in the registry who should be registered,” Michael Macko, the agency’s deputy director of enforcement, said during a CalPrivacy board meeting in Sacramento Friday. “So we’re looking to see what that gap really is.”

CalPrivacy’s enforcement team plans to “devote significant enforcement resources” to look for violations in August, when requirements for data brokers registered with the state to delete ...

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