Penalty Amount
$46,000
The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) ordered Jerico Pictures, Inc., doing business as National Public Data, to pay a $46,000 fine for failing to register and pay the annual fee required under California's Delete Act. The order was issued by default after the company did not contest the allegations. This enforcement action highlights the CPPA's efforts to ensure data broker compliance with registration laws.
Jerico Pictures, Inc. must pay a $46,000 fine.
In-house legal teams should review all vendor and data processor agreements, particularly those with entities classified as or claiming to be data brokers. Specific clauses to scrutinize include representations and warranties regarding regulatory compliance, obligations to maintain all necessary registrations and licenses, and requirements to provide proof of such registrations upon request. Agreements should be amended to explicitly mandate compliance with the California Delete Act, including timely registration and payment of annual fees to the California Data Broker Registry. Teams should also consider adding audit rights to verify registration status and indemnification provisions for fines arising from non-compliance with registration laws.
Entity
Jerico Pictures, Inc.
Also known as: National Public Data
Industry
Data Broker$46K
The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) filed an administrative action against Jerico Pictures, Inc., doing business as National Public Data, for failing to register and pay the required annual fee under the California Delete Act. The action seeks a $46,000 fine for the company's 230-day late registration, as part of CPPA's enforcement sweep against data brokers.
CalPrivacy (the California Privacy Protection Agency) issued Enforcement Advisory 2026-01 warning data brokers that providing incorrect information in their annual registration with California's data broker registry carries liability of a $200 fine per day. The advisory observes that the Enforcement Division has already brought multiple enforcement actions over reporting errors, and emphasizes that accurate registry disclosures are what make the newly launched Delete Request and Opt-Out Platform (DROP) work for Californians. No specific company was named and no penalty was imposed by the advisory itself; it functions as forward-looking guidance.
$36K
The California Privacy Protection Agency Board issued a Decision and Final Stipulated Order requiring Virginia-based data broker SalesIntel Research, Inc. to pay a $36,400 fine for operating as a data broker without registering by the 2025 deadline under the Delete Act. SalesIntel sells consumer personal information, including more than 200 million professional contacts and de-anonymized website traffic data, for targeted advertising. In addition to the fine, the company must post privacy rights metrics on its website, integrate with CalPrivacy's Delete Request and Opt-out Platform (DROP), and process future deletion requests through that system.
The California Privacy Protection Agency announced that more than 500,000 Californians have registered for the Delete Request and Opt-out Platform (DROP) since its January 1, 2026 launch. After the August 1, 2026 deadline for brokers to begin processing requests, 654 data brokers are in the system and approximately 25% have reported processing deletion requests, with tens of millions of records already deleted. No enforcement action has been announced yet; the agency warned that brokers who fail to delete eligible personal information face significant fines.
$52K
The California Privacy Protection Agency Board issued an Order of Decision and Stipulated Final Order requiring Boston-based data broker Cybba, Inc. to pay a $52,400 fine for failing to register with the Agency's Data Broker Registry by the 2025 deadline, as required by the Delete Act. The order also requires Cybba to post metrics about privacy rights on its website, access the Agency's Delete Request and Opt-Out Platform (DROP), and process future deletion requests through that system. This is CalPrivacy's second data broker enforcement action announced in less than a week, following its action against LocateSmarter.
$116K
The California Privacy Protection Agency Board issued a decision and stipulated order requiring Iowa data broker LocateSmarter LLC to pay $116,490 and change its practices. The company failed to timely register as a data broker and unlawfully required Californians to provide the last four digits of their Social Security numbers before exercising opt-out rights, violating the CCPA's data minimization requirements. This is the first action against a data broker under both the CCPA and the Delete Act.