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California Consumer Privacy Rights

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What it is

California residents have specific legal rights under CCPA and CPRA to access, delete, correct, and limit use of their personal data held by Affirm, and to opt out of having their data sold or shared with third parties.

This analysis describes what Affirm's agreement states, permits, or reserves. It does not constitute a legal determination about enforceability. Regulatory applicability and practical outcomes may vary by jurisdiction, enforcement context, and individual circumstances. Read our methodology

ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

These rights give California residents meaningful control over their financial and behavioral data at Affirm, including the ability to stop data sharing for marketing purposes.

Interpretive note: The interaction between GLBA's partial CCPA exemption and CPRA's expanded rights means the practical scope of available rights for specific data categories depends on legal mapping that the policy does not fully resolve.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

California residents can request access to or deletion of their personal information and opt out of data sharing for advertising purposes by using Affirm's privacy request portal, providing concrete control over how their data is used.

What you can do

⚠️ These actions may provide transparency or partial mitigation but may not fully address the underlying issue. Effectiveness varies by jurisdiction and individual circumstances.
  • Delete Your Data
    California residents can visit Affirm's privacy portal at affirm.com/privacy to submit requests to access, delete, or correct their personal information, or to opt out of data sharing for marketing.

How other platforms handle this

ADP Medium

If you are a California resident, you may have certain rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). These rights may include: the right to know about personal information collected, disclosed, or sold; the right to delete personal information collected from you; the right to opt-out of t...

T-Mobile Medium

If you are a California resident, you have the right to know what personal information we collect, use, disclose, and sell about you. You have the right to request deletion of your personal information, subject to certain exceptions. You have the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your perso...

Verizon Medium

If you are a California resident, you have the right to know what personal information we collect about you, the right to delete personal information we have collected from you, the right to correct inaccurate personal information, the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal informa...

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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If you are a California resident, you have the right to know what personal information we collect, use, disclose, and sell; the right to delete personal information we have collected from you; the right to opt-out of the sale or sharing of your personal information; the right to correct inaccurate personal information; and the right to limit the use and disclosure of sensitive personal information.

— Excerpt from Affirm's Affirm Privacy Policy

ConductAtlas Analysis

Institutional analysis (Compliance & governance intelligence)

REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision reflects obligations under the California Consumer Privacy Act as amended by CPRA, enforced by the California Privacy Protection Agency and the California AG. The rights enumerated include access, deletion, correction, opt-out of sale and sharing, and sensitive data limitation, all of which have specific implementation requirements under CCPA regulations. GLBA provides a partial exemption for certain financial data processing, but CPRA's scope may extend to data uses beyond GLBA's coverage, creating a layered compliance obligation. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The interaction between GLBA's partial CCPA exemption and CPRA's expanded rights for non-GLBA-covered data uses requires careful legal mapping to ensure the correct rights are offered for each data category. Failure to implement functional opt-out of sharing or sensitive data limitation mechanisms exposes Affirm to CPPA enforcement. JURISDICTION FLAGS: Applies specifically to California residents. Other U.S. states with comprehensive privacy laws (Colorado, Virginia, Connecticut, Texas, Montana, and others) have analogous rights frameworks that may require similar mechanisms for residents of those states, with varying scope and enforcement contexts. The policy should be evaluated for whether it adequately addresses multi-state rights obligations. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Affirm's service providers and contractors must operate under CCPA-compliant data processing agreements that restrict use of personal information to specified business purposes and support consumer rights request fulfillment, including deletion and correction propagation to downstream processors. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Compliance teams should verify that all five CPRA rights (know, delete, correct, opt-out of sale and sharing, limit sensitive data) are implemented with functional mechanisms, that response timelines meet the 45-day CCPA requirement, that the GLBA exemption scope is correctly applied so that non-exempt data uses are covered by CCPA rights, and that annual consumer rights request metrics are tracked for CPRA reporting obligations.

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Applicable agencies

  • State AG
    The California AG and California Privacy Protection Agency enforce CCPA and CPRA consumer rights obligations applicable to this provision
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Applicable regulations

CCPA/CPRA
California, USA
Connecticut Data Privacy Act Amendments
US-CT
CAN-SPAM
United States Federal
FCRA
United States Federal
FTC Act Section 5
United States Federal
GDPR
European Union
GLBA
United States Federal
Indiana Consumer Data Protection Act
US-IN
Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act
US-KY
TCPA
United States Federal
Universal Opt-Out Mechanism Expansion 2026
US

Provision details

Document information
Document
Affirm Privacy Policy
Entity
Affirm
Document last updated
March 24, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 7, 2026
Last verified
May 10, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-008404
Document ID
CA-D-00168
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
14612e5d4e154bb0a5181a10837054a0e2bd38f2d20df5efbd7e3d764f0cae52
Analysis generated
May 7, 2026 19:04 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Affirm
Document: Affirm Privacy Policy
Record ID: CA-P-008404
Captured: 2026-05-07 19:04:44 UTC
SHA-256: 14612e5d4e154bb0…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/affirm/affirm-privacy-policy/california-consumer-privacy-rights/
Accessed: May 13, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
Classification
Severity
Low
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Affirm's California Consumer Privacy Rights clause do?

These rights give California residents meaningful control over their financial and behavioral data at Affirm, including the ability to stop data sharing for marketing purposes.

How does this clause affect you?

California residents can request access to or deletion of their personal information and opt out of data sharing for advertising purposes by using Affirm's privacy request portal, providing concrete control over how their data is used.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 15 platforms. See the full comparison.

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