CCPA request to delete template: a letter for California residents

Your rights

• Right to delete

  Ask a business to delete personal information it collected from you, subject to exceptions such as completing a transaction, security or a legal obligation (Civ. Code § 1798.105).

• A reasoned answer if refused

  A business that denies a request must explain the basis in detail, delete what the exception doesn't cover, and use what it keeps only for that exception (11 CCR § 7022(f)).

• Notice down the chain

  The business must tell its service providers and contractors to delete your information, and notify third parties it sold or shared it with unless that's impossible or takes disproportionate effort, which it then has to explain (11 CCR § 7022(b)).

• Right to opt out of sale or sharing

  If a business that sells or shares data denies deletion, and you haven't already opted out, it has to ask whether you want to opt out of the sale or sharing of your information (11 CCR § 7022(g)).

General information, not legal advice.

Fill in the parts in [brackets] before you send it.

Subject: Request to delete my personal information under the CCPA

[Your full name]
[Your email address and phone number]
[Your mailing address, if the business has it]
[Date]

To: [Business name], privacy team
[The designated request method from the privacy policy: web form, email address or mailing address]

Dear [Business name] privacy team,

I am a California resident. Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (Civil Code section 1798.105), I am asking you to delete the personal information you have collected about me.

To help you find my records, these are details you already hold:
- Name(s) I have used with you: [current and any previous names]
- Email address(es) and phone number(s): [list]
- Account, customer or order number: [number, if any]

Please also:
1. tell your service providers and contractors to delete my personal information, and notify any third parties to whom you sold or shared it;
2. confirm in writing whether you have complied with this request.

If you deny any part of this request, please explain in detail the basis for the denial, delete the personal information that is not covered by the exception, and do not use the information you keep for any other purpose.

[Optional, delete if you don't want it: In addition, and in particular if any part of this deletion request is denied, I ask you not to sell or share my personal information (Civil Code section 1798.120).]

Please confirm receipt within 10 business days and respond within 45 calendar days, as the CCPA regulations require. If you need to verify my identity, please do so by matching the details above to the records you already hold.

[If an authorized agent is sending this: This request is sent on my behalf by [agent name], my authorized agent. My signed permission is attached.]

Sincerely,

[Your name]

Data brokers that list people in United States

Each guide shows how to opt out of that site, step by step.

• Remove yourself from CourtRecords.us
• Remove yourself from TruePeopleSearch
• Remove yourself from Spokeo
• Remove yourself from LexisNexis
• Remove yourself from TruthFinder
• Remove yourself from FastPeopleSearch
• Remove yourself from BeenVerified
• Remove yourself from Intelius

Sources

• privacy.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/357/2026/03/ccpa_regulations_eff_20260101-1.pdf
• cppa.ca.gov/regulations/pdf/cppa_act.pdf
• oag.ca.gov/privacy/ccpa
• privacy.ca.gov/laws-and-regulations/monetary-thresholds-in-the-ccpa/
• oag.ca.gov/contact/consumer-complaint-against-business-or-company
• cppa.ca.gov/webapplications/complaint
• privacy.ca.gov/submit-a-complaint/ccpa-complaints/
• privacy.ca.gov/drop/