Editing Right to privacy (section)

==== CCPA ====
In 2018, California set out to create a policy promoting data protection, the first state in the United States to pursue such protection. The resulting effort is the [[California Consumer Privacy Act]] (CCPA), reviewed as a critical juncture where the legal definition of what privacy entails from California lawmakers' perspective. The California Consumer Protection Act is a privacy law protecting the residents of California and their [[Personal identifying information]]. The law enacts regulation over all companies regardless of operational geography protecting the six Intentional Acts included in the law.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-10-15 |title=California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) |url=https://oag.ca.gov/privacy/ccpa |access-date=2022-09-24 |website=State of California - Department of Justice - Office of the Attorney General |language=en}}</ref>

The intentions included in the Act provide California residents with the right to:

# Know what personal data is being collected about them.
# Know whether their personal data is sold or disclosed and to whom.
# Say no to the sale of personal data.
# Access their personal data.
# Request a business to delete any personal information about a consumer collected from that consumer.
# Not be discriminated against for exercising their privacy rights.