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Meeting the Third-Party Risk Requirements of the CCPA in 2022 | UpGuard

Often regarded as the Californian version of thehttps://www.upguard.com/blog/how-to-be-gdpr-compliant, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) aim’s to increase consumer rights by giving California residents greater control over the use of their personal data. The problem with such a broad definition of sensitive data is that it increases the chances of regulatory noncompliance across all entities processing consumer data, including your third-party vendors.

Identify all Vendor Risks and Security Vulnerabilities Threatening Consumer Data Safety

The automation of attack surface monitoring allows you to scale the assessment of open-source vendor data to identify potential security threats placing consumer data at risk.

By dividing vendors involved with consumer data processing across tiering categories increasing in criticality, this risk matrix could further improve communication of your state of third-party consumer data security to the California Privacy Protection Agency.