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DROP penalty calculator

California's Delete Act fines a broker $200 per deletion request, per day for failing to process DROP requests — with no cure period. See how fast it compounds.

Unprocessed deletion requests: 500

300,000+ Californians are already queued statewide; your share depends on your data's reach.

Days past the deadline: 30

The clock runs from the 45-day processing deadline for each retrieved batch.

Estimated processing exposure

$3,000,000

500 requests × 30 days × $200/request/day

Failure-to-register fine (separate)

$6,000

A flat $200/day just for not being registered — before any deletion processing.

A year of PrivacyClock, for comparison

$3,588

vs. $7,000/yr you already pay in state registration fees across four states.

Even a modest backlog is company-ending math. The point of the 45-day cycle isn't the fee schedule — it's that you can never afford to miss one. That's the entire reason to automate it.

Run a cycle before the deadline →

Illustrative estimate based on the published $200/request/day statutory penalty. Actual enforcement is at the CPPA's discretion.