If you live in California, you have legal rights to see, delete, correct, and opt out of the sale of your personal data held by Datadog.
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The clause creates a legal framework requiring the entity to implement processes and mechanisms to honor consumer requests for data access, deletion, correction, and opt-out elections. This establishes operational obligations to maintain systems for processing and responding to statutory privacy requests from California residents.
California residents can legally require Datadog to delete their personal data, correct inaccuracies, and stop sharing their data with advertising and analytics partners — rights that users in other U.S. states may not have.
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"California residents may have certain rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act. These rights include the right to know about the personal information we collect, use, disclose, and sell or share about you; the right to delete personal information we have collected from you, subject to certain exceptions; the right to correct inaccurate personal information; the right to opt-out of the sale or sharing of your personal information; the right to limit the use and disclosure of your sensitive personal information; and the right to non-discrimination for exercising these rights.— Excerpt from Datadog's Datadog Privacy Policy
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: This provision directly engages CCPA §§1798.100 (right to know), 1798.105 (right to delete), 1798.106 (right to correct), 1798.120 (right to opt out of sale), 1798.121 (right to limit sensitive personal information), and 1798.125 (non-discrimination). CPRA amendments (effective January 1, 2023) added correction rights and sensitive personal information restrictions. Enforcement authority: California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) and California Attorney General. Civil penalties: up to $7,500 per intentional violation.
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The clause creates a legal framework requiring the entity to implement processes and mechanisms to honor consumer requests for data access, deletion, correction, and opt-out elections. This establishes operational obligations to maintain systems for processing and responding to statutory privacy requests from California residents.
California residents can legally require Datadog to delete their personal data, correct inaccuracies, and stop sharing their data with advertising and analytics partners — rights that users in other U.S. states may not have.
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