Colorado consumer data privacy act

Identifier

Identifier

Colo. Rev. Stat. §§ 6-1-1301 to 6-1-1313

Level

State CO

Status

In force

Adopted

2021-07-07

Applies from

2023-07-01

Supervisory bodies

Colorado AG

Named requirements

• Applicability and thresholds

  Colo. Rev. Stat. §§ 6-1-1301 to 6-1-1313

  100,000 consumers, or 25,000 consumers with revenue or a discount from the sale of personal data.

• Privacy notice

  Colo. Rev. Stat. §§ 6-1-1301 to 6-1-1313

  A reasonably accessible notice naming the categories processed, the purposes, the categories shared and how rights are exercised.

• Consumer rights

  Colo. Rev. Stat. §§ 6-1-1301 to 6-1-1313

  Access, deletion, portability, correction and opt-out of targeted advertising, sale and certain profiling, with an appeal route.

• Sensitive data

  Colo. Rev. Stat. §§ 6-1-1301 to 6-1-1313

  Consent, or in some states a strict necessity standard, before sensitive categories are processed.

• Data protection assessment

  Colo. Rev. Stat. §§ 6-1-1301 to 6-1-1313

  A documented assessment for targeted advertising, sale, sensitive data and profiling that carries a heightened risk.

• Processor contract

  Colo. Rev. Stat. §§ 6-1-1301 to 6-1-1313

  A written contract that sets instructions, confidentiality, deletion or return, and audit rights.

• Enforcement

  Colo. Rev. Stat. §§ 6-1-1301 to 6-1-1313

  Enforced by the state authority. Universal opt-out mechanism recognised by the Attorney General, with rules in 4 CCR 904-3.

Official source

• leg.colorado.gov
• coag.gov

EU acts on the same ground

• gdpr

  Covers the same ground as the GDPR on notice, rights and processor contracts, with a narrower scope and no general lawful basis requirement.