If you live in California, you have specific legal rights to see what data Public has collected about you, ask for it to be deleted, and stop Public from selling or sharing your information for advertising purposes.
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California residents have enforceable rights under state law that go beyond what Public's general policy offers to all users, including the right to limit use of sensitive personal information such as SSNs and financial data.
California residents can exercise meaningful control over their data at Public, including requesting deletion of their SSN, trading history, and financial account information, and opting out of data sale or sharing. These rights are enforceable under California law regardless of what the general policy terms say.
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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 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...
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"If you are a California resident, you have the right to know what personal information we collect, disclose, or sell; the right to request deletion of your personal information; the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information; the right to non-discrimination for exercising your privacy rights; and, for sensitive personal information, the right to limit our use and disclosure.— Excerpt from Public.com's Public.com Privacy Policy
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision directly engages CCPA as amended by CPRA, enforced by the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) and the California Attorney General. CPRA introduced the right to limit use of sensitive personal information, a new category that explicitly includes Social Security numbers, government IDs, and financial account details. Public must honor these rights within the statutory timeframes or face administrative enforcement. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The breadth of sensitive personal information collected by Public (SSNs, government IDs, financial data) means CPRA's right to limit use of sensitive personal information is substantively triggered. Governance teams must ensure that opt-out and limitation mechanisms are operational, properly disclosed, and honored within the 45-day response window required by CCPA. JURISDICTION FLAGS: These rights apply exclusively to California residents. However, states including Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Texas, and others have enacted comparable comprehensive privacy laws with similar access and deletion rights. A California-compliant framework is often used as a baseline for multi-state compliance, but operational teams should not assume California compliance is sufficient for all states. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Any service provider processing data on behalf of Public that may receive requests to delete or restrict California resident data must be bound by contractual terms requiring cooperation with such requests. Vendor contracts should specify response obligations consistent with CCPA/CPRA timelines. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Compliance teams should audit the current operationalization of California rights requests, including the intake mechanism, response workflow, and verification process. The right to limit use of sensitive personal information under CPRA requires a dedicated disclosure and opt-out mechanism that is operationally distinct from the general opt-out of sale or sharing.
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California residents have enforceable rights under state law that go beyond what Public's general policy offers to all users, including the right to limit use of sensitive personal information such as SSNs and financial data.
California residents can exercise meaningful control over their data at Public, including requesting deletion of their SSN, trading history, and financial account information, and opting out of data sale or sharing. These rights are enforceable under California law regardless of what the general policy terms say.
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